All of us who work in the technology sector can play a part in helping to figure out how to deliver economic services to nearly half of the world’s population, many of whom live without access to basic financial services such as a savings account.

Fleet card provider FleetCor's planning a major push into B2B electronic payments, and hopes to get a substantial boost from its planned $3.45 billion acquisition of Comdata.

MasterCard is offering its inControl system in the Asia-Pacific region through First Data, allowing corporations and consumers to manage their online purchases.

Social media sites, including Twitter and Facebook, have been enticing but sometimes hostile environments for payments innovation. Some startups are pushing past the platform providers to appeal directly to their users.

Square recently ended a plastic card project out of concerns it would cause friction with the payment company's financial partners, according to Fast Company.

Transfast, an international remitter, is launching a money transfer service in Mexico to allow recipients to collect funds in a bank account within minutes.

To understand the future of credit-based transactions, credit unions need only look to the staples of American culture: coffee and donuts.

Two Palladium Group luxury hotels in Ibiza are now offering vacationers the option to use radio frequency identification-enabled wristbands for payments through PayPal.

Western Union has expanded it collaboration with MTN Group to provide mobile money transfers in the Ivory Coast.

Payveris is creating a new merchants solutions unit to connect banks, credit unions, consumers and merchants within the digital payments process.

Online cash payment provider Ukash is partnering with Numny, an electronic payment provider, to expand options for consumers in Saudi Arabia.

Square Appointments, the company's latest fee-based product, is the first in its lineup that can be used by merchants who do not also use Square to accept payments.

As Powa begins integrating its new point of sale system with vendor partners, the company expects its experience with EMV-chip acceptance to be a selling point.

As consumers warm to the idea of using their phones to make payments and manage accounts, they are flocking to merchant apps to do so. Instead of using one unified wallet, a shopper's phone may be stuffed with any of these payment-capable programs.

Wearable computing is suddenly in style. Only a few banks and payment companies offer wristbands, smartwatch apps or Google Glass technology, but those that do are getting valuable feedback from consumers.

Virtual Piggy's Oink, a payment platform for teens, will become a payment option for users of Smilegate, a Korean gaming company.

Square is the latest technology company to launch a "bug bounty" program, which rewards volunteer hackers for finding security flaws and bringing them to Square's attention.

Many mobile payments vendors pile on features to set themselves apart, but Push for Pizza has a different philosophy. It lets consumers purchase a pizza, and that's it.

It's hard to design a Disney's "Frozen" cake with a cash register, but it works like magic with a tablet, according to Dallas-area Society Bakery.

NXT-ID is working with Joey Fatone, former member of the boy band N*Sync, to kick off a series of celebrity endorsements for its biometric Wocket wallet.