Mobile payments

As payments innovation expands and diversifies, retailers will need to find ways to deftly embed low-touch payments into omnichannel shopping.

Digital wallets are maturing, meaning card plays will increasingly resemble Chase Sapphire, targeting a specific higher end demographic, writes Alyssa Arredondo, director of financial vertical marketing at Entrust Datacard.

Payments stayed the same for years, then started evolving rapidly. That has issuers considering different ways to help consumers manage the change.

One of the potential benefits is peer-to-peer connectivity, which could spark P-to-P and other types of digital transfers.

Transactions register to driver's license plate to allow real-time updates to be sent to parking enforcement officers.

The D.C. company is starting with bars in its local area and plans to expand to other big cities in the near future.

As mobile devices get more complex, self-help will become vital to attract m-commerce and payments, writes James Ramey, CEO of DeviceBits.

Payments at connected devices are expected to grow quickly in the next decade. Gas stations are a key place to look in the short term.

Alipay wants to leverage the millions of Chinese customers who travel abroad by offering them services in different parts of the world.

Current, an app debuting Tuesday, updates the joint account for an era of tweens with smartphones.