Mobile payments

When we take advantage of new products and services, we frequently offer up our data as a cost to entry. In doing so, we are putting our trust in the organizations behind these innovations, says Interac's Debbie Gamble.

It’s an odd, and unwelcome, test of new retail technology that allows consumers to shop with minimal interaction with others.

The International growth of the gig economy requires hyper-local solutions, a challenge many fail to appreciate. This isn’t just in how a company articulates its value proposition locally.

Mobile apps enabling consumers to buy gasoline without stepping out of the car are a fast-growing category, but fuel marketers’ associated rewards programs have taken a bit longer to catch up.

The advancement of mobile wallets has never quite aligned with U.S. dining habits, where patrons are accustomed to handing off their credit cards to wait staff — something they are less likely to do with their phones.

The U.S. telco sector has worked hard to control the mobile wallets developed on its phones. While its earliest efforts didn't last long, companies like T-Mobile and Sprint took decidedly different paths to reach where they are now.

The rise in food delivery options is affecting restaurants of all kinds. It's a trend driven by consumers' strong appetite for mobile ordering and payments.

IoT and advances in countries like Sweden and China show cash can become obsolete, says Computop's Ralf Gladis.

Wirecard has teamed with wirecube, an Austrian software maker of digital retail checkout technology, to pilot cashierless checkout targeting travelers in Munich’s airport.

The World Wide Web Consortium pushed for an answer two years ago to the mounting problem of mobile and online payment fraud in its release of the Payment Request API, designed to secure the exchange of payment requests and verifications on browsers.