Total Systems Services (TSYS) is partnering with ShopKeep POS to extend the processor's range of mobile and tablet-based point of sale offerings.

Chase Paymentech has launched Mobile Dashboard, an interactive reporting display for merchants.

After a month of testing in Chicago's West Loop, the city is ready to roll out a mobile payment system for all of its parking meters.

Vending machine technology companies Byndl and USA Technologies are partnering to provide cross-channel marketing and customer service through mobile devices.

Google is testing a way to use its Wallet on Google Glass through verbal commands, according to a report by TechCrunch.

CaixaBank now allows customers to monitor their bank account, make donations to charities and obtain payment cards through a Facebook application.

Mopay has entered into a carrier billing relationship with Baidu Mobile Game.

Amazon.com Inc. now lets customers shop through Twitter.

While mobile wallet providers try to simplify the payment process by taking physical plastic cards out of the equation, others are looking further into the future to an era where all things are connected.

North American Bancard (NAB) is adding technology from Moki in an attempt to secure and manage its in-store mobile point of sale system.

As mobile devices become more integral to consumers’ lives, they present more opportunities for interaction with banks, payment companies and merchants. Here are a few companies that are pushing mobile technology into the future.

WorldPay Group, of London, has acquired Cobre Bem Tecnologia, one of the largest payment processors in Latin America.

Masabi Ltd. will provide its mobile ticketing service to commuters using rail lines on New York's Metropolitan Transportation Authority system, the London-based transit payment provider says.

Alibaba Group Holding Ltd., the Chinese e-commerce operator headed for an initial public offering, is in talks to regain a stake in the Alipay payments affiliate, according to a person familiar with the matter.

PayPal is launching a new logo and brand campaign to appeal to a broader audience.

Bringing a point of sale terminal to market isn't as easy as it used to be. Since the introduction of contactless and mobile payment tech, the number of tests a manufacturer must pass for certification is "unbelievable," executives at U.K.-based Spire Payments say.

Sports Fusion and MasterCard processing subsidiary DataCash are working to unify the normally siloed purchasing experiences at sporting events.

For a technology still in the midst of evolving, mobile payments attract an overwhelming amount of interest. Competition between payment systems is intense — as the Wall Street Journal recently noted, AngelList’s mobile payments startup roster includes more than 640 players.

Perhaps the biggest question swirling around this week's Finovate conference is: why are mobile payments still more hope than reality?

Facebook's payment system has processed $3 billion in transactions for developers, with 100 of its developers making over $1 million a year through Facebook.