Mobile payments

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.

Mobile apps are becoming the playground and hiding place for cyberattacks and the criminals who orchestrate them.

The Bokis wallet's new app is scheduled for broad release this summer. It's a rare success for collaborative wallets, as others have failed, such as the U.S.'s Softcard and CurrentC, the U.K.’s Weve, Canada’s suretap and Singapore’s SmartWallet.

Automating transit systems is hard because of the local differences in automation and legacy infrastructure. Creating comfort with using mobile technology may be a step toward bringing automation to transport.