Mobile payments

Four state-run banks in Thailand and 15 corporations will soon begin registering for PromptPay, formerly known as the AnyID scheme, a national payments platform that will allow users to send money with only their national ID or mobile phone number.

The term real-time payments is a slight misnomer. It focuses the industry and the market on the outcome instead of the input.

Facebook is poking its fingers into a lot of seemingly unrelated businesses, but commerce is always at the heart of its efforts. Here are some ways Facebook is building a new foundation for payments.

Many of the major mergers and acquisitions in the payments industry the past few years have had an underlying goal -- improve chances to make a splash in retail omnichannel payments.

Apple Pay has underperformed most expectations, but there are signs the technology company's iconic brand can draw mobile payment users when the marketing is in the right place.

Come this fall, Apple will begin to allow third-party apps to access several of its internal capabilities, most notably Siri's application program interface.

Check image specialist CheckAlt has acquired receivables transaction management provider Klik Technologies, a deal CheckAlt hopes will boost its profile as the financial services and corporate payments markets turn toward mobile-based technology to process checks.

As JPMorgan Chase gears up for the launch of the merchant-friendly Chase Pay wallet, it's taking the opportunity to freshen its approach to P-to-P mobile payments.

Samsung Pay has launched in Australia with support from American Express and Citigroup, though it said it is expanding its "partnership ecosystem."

E-commerce merchant sites powered through IBM commerce solutions will soon be able to offer customers Apple Pay as a payment option.

Caffe Ladro's had an online store for years, but it's never been as important as it is today, as the Seattle chain faces competitors — including the notoriously tech-savvy Starbucks — that have stretched the limits of how to sell coffee online and through mobile devices.

Dickson Chu transitioned to the board after two years as the company's chief product officer, it said in a June 14 news release. In his new role he will continue serving as an advisor to the company's leadership regularly and formally.

There's an obviously awkward moment, when Pitman asks for funds from his fundraising clients, that he's found can be made smoother by using emerging mobile technology.

Apple Pay is coming to the Mobile Web.

Chinese travelers to Germany will soon be able to make their airport purchases will Alipay.

Mobile commerce company Spindle has hired a Fiserv executive to be its interim chief executive.

Subway is reimagining how ordering, payments and marketing tie together at its sandwich shops. It's in the process of launching a new division called Subway Digital, which will pool the expertise of specialists in technology, marketing and operations rather than give full rein to any one of those disciplines.

Though Apple Pay hasn’t lit the world on fire since its launch in October 2014, Apple’s dominant role in mobile e-commerce means its mobile wallet still has the power to hurt payment industry rivals, analysts say.

With everything they need right at their fingertips, millennials are having a major influence on a rapidly evolving consumer landscape.

Seamless's U.K. expansion strategy has gotten a big boost through a collaboration with the U.K.-based GoCardless digital payment network, enabling a bank-agnostic link to the SEQR mobile payment system.