Mobile payments

MasterCard and mobile commerce provider P97 are collaborating to support a service that helps consumers find and make mobile payments at gas stations and convenience stores.

A tiny South Carolina bank has learned the hard lesson of countless failed Silicon Valley startups: when you swing for the fences on a transformative new technology, sometimes you strike out.

Like everywhere else on the planet, African retailers are struggling with the mobile payment chicken-and-egg dilemma — how can they accept mobile payments if consumers aren't using the technology?

Visa Europe is collaborating with Central Saint Martins College to determine if the true innovation in wearable computing is less about the "Internet" and more about the "things."

Starbucks Corp. named Adobe Systems Inc. executive Gerri Martin-Flickinger to the newly created role of chief technology officer as the chain increasingly focuses on selling coffee through its mobile-phone application.

Gas stations have had a complicated relationship with mobile wallets. Pump hardware is notoriously difficult to upgrade, and besides that, many consumers believe that it's a fire hazard to use their phones while fueling up.

Since mobile app purchases are of little use to retailers if consumers bail on the transaction, technology vendors are keener than ever to cure 'cart abandonment.'

The gaming market is evolving and becoming more lucrative by the year. As developers continually aim to recreate new ways to monetize game content, mobile payment operators hold a unique position in this profitable market.

The Miami Heat basketball team is joining the mobile and contactless payment movement by offering fans a QR code-based mobile wallet system to make food, souvenir or ticket purchases from a mobile phone throughout the team's American Airlines Arena.

Twitter Inc. named co-founder Jack Dorsey as chief executive officer, betting its co-founder and former leader will be able to revive fortunes at a social-media company that failed to impress investors following its 2013 initial public offering.