Mobile payments

Adyen and African fintech Cellulant are working together to expand Adyen’s global payments offering to hundreds of merchants, banks and mobile network operators in Africa.

Much is made of the U.S. e-commerce market given the influence of Amazon and its peers. However, when it comes to sheer size in both population and volume, Asia holds significant advantages.

After criticizing the prevalence of social sign-in buttons on the internet, Craig Federighi, Apple's senior vice president of software engineering, unveiled one of his company's own. It's essentially Apple Pay without the payments.

Security platform provider MagicCube is partnering with IT services company NTT Data to certify and deploy software that allows the secure input of sensitive data on a touch screen.

Digital consumers and merchants are born as well as made. Payments play a key role in driving simpler, smarter and more customized experiences, writes Stefan Merz, COO of PPRO.

Top executives from banks, card brands, credit unions, fintechs and more weighed in on the major issues and innovations for the payments industry.

When it comes to naming the U.K.’s biggest cashless hubs, Bristol may not immediately spring to mind — but the city has topped Manchester, Birmingham and even London to lead the way as the country’s contactless capital.

By using the Visa and Mastercard tokenization services, BBVA Group has developed a mobile payments platform it can deliver to all countries in which it has a presence.

The Women in Payments Leadership Exchange is a platform for prominent female executives to share not only their expertise and advice for their peers, but also to share the defining moments in their own careers.

Large U.S. financial institutions converting their credit and debit portfolios to contactless technology this summer are betting that transit agencies like New York shifting to open-loop NFC will help drive mass adoption.

JPMorgan tells OxyContin maker to take its business elsewhere; reelection tallies are smaller than last year’s.

Apps need to give customers confidence in ease of use, speed, aesthetics, credibility and user experience, as well as the ability to receive tailored communications through favored channels from their financial institution of choice, writes James Brown, CEO of Smart Communications.

The trend is moving far beyond the car, train, bus and car-sharing app. Transportation in 2019 has become a full portal to financial services—and a way to centralize urban movement at the same time.

While the European Union positions itself as one common, homogeneous market, the reality is that the European e-commerce market is very diverse with both leaders and laggards.

Pangea says it is developing a digital account after customers complained that the bank relationship they had wasn't "for them."

The fintech M&A wave is sweeping over the dining and fast-food industries, with major companies like Amazon, Walmart and American Express spending on smaller firms that focus on digital food delivery and payments.

Tencent Holdings Ltd. reported the slowest pace of sales growth since it went public in 2004, as China’s largest company struggles to revive a battered gaming division while battling the country’s decelerating economy.

As new stadiums are being launched across a variety of sports around the globe with the latest entertainment options, older stadiums are using technology and premium culinary offerings to stay competitive and keep their fans engaged.

Sainsbury’s has launched the U.K.’s first mobile-only checkout-free grocery store, inviting comparisons to what Amazon Go is doing in the U.S. But their models are far from identical.

Apple’s aggressive posture when it makes moves in retail and payments has drawn a lot of pushback and controversy, but its setback in the Supreme Court could be the most dire threat yet to the growth of Apple Pay.