As the white-label force behind a growing number of mobile wallets in Asia, Latin America and Europe, Mozido LLC is familiar with the limitations of building consumer awareness and usage through relatively narrow channels.

A lot of companies want to be the "Uber" of banking and payments. And it's starting to look like Uber itself wants that role as well.

Thames Card Technology Ltd. is providing the plastic payment card production for startup "challenger bank" Mondo in the U.K. to test a debit card paired with a mobile banking app.

Industrial Credit and Investment Corporation of India says it has launched the first Host Card Emulation-based contactless mobile wallet in India.

MasterCard has a few tricks up its sleeve, or rather, its golf glove.

Incorporating stronger data elements and automated processes within aging payments infrastructure remains a monumental task for Swift and any others working to streamline networks or initiate faster payments.

NFC mobile payments continue to grab headlines, but to really drive uptake and ensure full market coverage, combining contactless cards with next-gen mobile banking apps is surely the right way to go for new banks.

Cross-border online payments provider Payoneer has added escrow payments to its services after completing its acquisition of Armor Payments.

Payment processing and technology provider Vantiv Inc. is partnering with merchant acquiring bank Credorax to expand cross-border e-commerce payments for Vantiv clients.

Biometric authentication has been "replacing" passwords for a long time, but for the most part accounts still rely more on remembered credentials than physical identifiers.

The focus on the smart-home device marks the latest frontier in the ways in which banks and payment companies are testing features on cars, fridges, watches and other internet of things.

Bluetooth beacons — small nightlight-sized devices that can communicate with a mobile app as shoppers move throughout a store — may have the same potential for bank branches as they do for mega-retailers like Target Corp.

The card brand is updating the Visa Checkout online payment platform with a new button that asks users to swipe, rather than click, to initiate a payment.

Billionaire Henry Sy, owner of the largest Philippine builder and retailer, has partnered with an online retailer backed by Germany’s Rocket Internet SE to target the rising number of consumers in the Southeast Asian nation who shop using the Internet.

Verifone's presence in the mobile point of sale market is as old as Square's, but it has had a bit more trouble reaching Square's market. This year, Verifone's strategy will be to move the goalpost — and to chop it up into smaller segments.

Nothing accelerates innovation quite like a new car. But before consumers can outfit their vehicles with James Bond gadgetry, they need a way to pay for it all from behind the wheel.

The mobile point of sale market is getting more and more crowded, even as the market's largest and most established players struggle to find footing.

Square is "betting big on Near Field Communication," but not to the point the company would consider bringing back its own Square Wallet app, CEO Jack Dorsey says.

ExxonMobil, the world's largest oil company, now accepts Apple Pay at a majority of its U.S. gas stations.

The third party wallets, or the “pays” as they are called, are failing to make a splash. Mobile wallets which let you pay any merchant from your smartphone are simply not a reality today.