Mobile payments

Digital financial services provider Revolut is expanding a partnership with Visa that will allow it to nearly double its global footprint by adding 24 new markets, including the U.S.

Checkout-free tech has only just left the gate, but has tons of promise as a way to shed lines and collect data — just the mix that sports facilities are looking for.

The imprints of vendor consolidation, mobile payments proliferation and voice enablement are continuing to ensure there is “a whole lot of shaking going on” in our industry, writes Strategic Resource Management's Michael Carter.

Alibaba Group Holding Ltd. has bought a third of Ant Financial, the online financial services behemoth controlled by billionaire Jack Ma, augmenting a global array of investments now worth $83 billion.

As mobile and contactless payments expand, the need for instant issuance will be greater, says CPI Card Group's Rob Dixon.

When the payments industry's decision makers gathered in Los Angeles at SourceMedia's annual PayThink conference, certain topics dominated the discussion.

Fintechs that simply offer cosmetic upgrades to the cumbersome American banking system won't survive.

From her perch atop a global business that processes $455 trillion in payments each year, Diane Reyes sees the push to bring real-time processing to the U.S. through an international lens.

Selling to international markets is the name of the game for online merchants, which face a threat to their relevance if they can't match the distinct transaction preferences of individual markets.

Fintechs that simply offer cosmetic upgrades to the cumbersome American banking system won't survive.