Mobile payments

Transit systems provide a clear use case for mobile payments, allowing commuters to avoid lining up at ticketing machines when they're already in a rush to get to their destination. But many of the perks of mobile wallets, such as targeted offers, don't apply to them.

New payment standards have banks worried about compliance costs, but there is an opportunity for innovation for aggressive institutions.

Facebook’s WhatsApp, the Mountain View, Calif.-based messaging app with a broad global following, may be preparing to roll out person-to-person payments, beginning with its app in India.

After launching a mobile pre-order and pre-pay app at Five Guys burger locations in Paris and Madrid, Ingenico ePayments is preparing to make the system available at the chain's restaurants throughout Europe in the coming months.

Businesses are shedding paper checks in favor of electronic payments, but the migration is not as easy as consumer payments.

Seamless is aggressively pushing the reach of its SEQR wallet through global partnerships designed to make the app available at millions of merchant locations, enable technology-agnostic transactions, and pry more retailers away from bank issued cards.

Amazon is lending its considerable brand and heft to a cash payment model that borrows a vital piece of real estate from Apple Pay.

International payments technology provider Cardtek has created the emPAY mobile wallet with partner Emcredit to develop a nationwide payment platform in the United Arab Emirates.

Adoption is increasing, but most consumers would stop using the technology if they suffered a security incident

Artificial intelligence is steadily making its way through the payments and financial services world. The technology's usefulness for fraud detection is clear, but there are other areas where AI can have an impact.