Mobile payments

The firm wants to expand its acceptance in the United States only to accommodate Chinese tourists, a company official said Thursday. But the CEO of a U.S.-based payments firm expressed skepticism.

The U.K. prepaid gift card market is experiencing strong growth among consumers who buy them as gifts and for self-use, as well as among businesses that purchase them for customer loyalty programs and as employee incentives.

Beyond Apple’s glitzy product rollouts this week, the tech giant quietly notified users of new policies and a fee to Apple Pay Cash, the account in which the Apple Card deposits rewards.

As PayPal seeks to turn Venmo into a profit engine, the service has also taken steps to collect consumer debts, moves that are sure to spark controversy as some of the targeted users claim they have been fraud victims.

With Apple widely expected to unveil a new media service on Monday, it would do well to make sure it does not fall into the same traps that ensnared MoviePass.

AI-driven customer insights, mortgages and small-business loans are among the features in the app, which the bank is rolling out Friday.

The market for P2P payments is finally taking off after years of false starts, but there are still many unanswered questions. The biggest one: How do banks get value out of offering this service free of charge?

The market for P2P payments is finally taking off after years of false starts, but there are still many unanswered questions. The biggest one: How do banks get value out of offering this service free of charge?

The most popular features of the AI-driven virtual assistant include transaction search and spending alerts.

Google's ambitious new gaming platform, Stadia, could fundamentally change the way people make purchases online, according to Daniel Wolfe, editor in chief of PaymentsSource.

Person-to-person payments have become table stakes for institutions looking to attract and retain younger customers. The service may also be one of the keys to keeping big-tech insurgents like Amazon at bay.

Lyft, the No. 2 ride-share competitor behind Uber, recently filed its Form S-1 Registration Statement with the SEC in preparation for an IPO, and the data it revealed is eye-popping.

There is a growing proliferation of social P2P technologies within the U.K. banking sector, but the market for such payments is vastly different from that in the U.S., where social payment apps have found a welcoming audience.

Legislation banning shops from refusing to accept cash has moved swiftly this year. But this trend is running head-on against retail models like Amazon Go, which are built from the ground up to operate without cash.

The Instagram social media platform is testing a checkout feature powered through PayPal to provide users the option to purchase goods without leaving the app.

Jack Henry & Associates has overcome an obstacle that delayed banks and credit union integration with Zelle, with a hub to streamline the onboarding process. But the new system’s first bank doesn’t go live until May, and the hub won’t hit full stride until next year.

Digital payment processing software provider OpenWay has integrated its platform with a Gemalto hardware security module to make it easier for clients to migrate to multichannel payment services.

Vipps, which launched in Norway in 2015 as a P2P app accessible to all local bank customers, is integrating invoice and bill-payment capabilities through a collaboration with Nets Group, a Nordic payment service provider.

Italian payments provider Axepta-BNL Group is launching the WeChat Pay service to its clients, saying it is the first in the country to offer the popular Chinese mobile payment and social networking app.

Our annual Most Influential Women in Payments feature, now in its seventh year, highlights the women who are creating change and opportunities in the payments industry. For the first time, the editors of PaymentsSource have also recognized one woman for lifetime achievement.