Mobile wallets

Curve, a London-based fintech, has added a mobile wallet to its flagship product that lets consumers switch cards after the point of purchase.

PayPal and Circle are among the companies pushing the rapidly growing payment-friendly cryptocurrency as a catalyst to use other services.

As more states adopt digital identity, there is an opportunity for banks to improve authentication.

Alex Chriss says the impact of new payment innovation and strategies at units like Venmo and Braintree will take time.

Payment professionals expect physical cards to stick around for the foreseeable future, even as mobile wallets gain traction.

An appeals court is expected to rule by summer whether, as PayPal argues, digital wallets are excluded from the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau's fee disclosure rule for prepaid cards. If the CFPB loses, its ability to mandate disclosures on a range of financial products could be in jeopardy.

The tech giant's integration of state-issued identification with its Wallet app could transform the way banks and credit unions handle identity verification. But Apple hasn't stated what its terms will be.

The payments company has completed development of its all-in-one portal. It's an ambitious project, but the first few services — such as bill pay and savings — are relatively straightforward.

Persistent coronavirus fears have accelerated consumer interest in checkout-free retail options like Amazon Go, just as new technologies like 5G make such concepts more practical to implement.