Digital wallets

Apple Pay users will have the option to make payments with gift and loyalty cards through an arrangement with Blackhawk Network's digital stored value system.

Apple Inc. scored a victory in the global battle to control the future of mobile payment technology after the Australian competition regulator refused to grant a group of local banks permission to negotiate collectively over the introduction of Apple Pay.

Few of Apple's numerous patent applications make it to market, but if the consumer electronics giant follows through on one filed last week, iPhone users may have the Siri virtual assistant helping them with person-to-person payments through the iMessage platform.

As a payments industry professional, Reetika Grewal took the situation in stride, but her experience using mobile wallets and EMV exemplifies an issue many consumers are facing.

Despite the head start mobile wallets got in the U.S. when Apple Pay launched more than two years ago, markets outside the U.S. are exhibiting that they are much better positioned for mobile wallet adoption, a new report from Fitch notes.

Samsung Pay has launched a rewards program for U.S. consumers that allows them to earn points on both credit and debit card purchases — and has an emphasis on encouraging repeated use.

Samsung Electronics has entered a commercial software license and distribution agreement with fingerprint software company Precise Biometrics.

The long-term promise of mobile wallets has been that plastic cards could disappear, even from the point of issuance.

Samsung Pay has gone live in Canada – but only for a subset of customers using certain Visa cards from CIBC Bank.

There was once a huge push behind contactless payment cards in the U.S., but eventually issuers lost interest in the format. However, there are signs that contactless payments will make another push.