Mobile wallets

Retail and hospitality payments software provider Veea Inc. is partnering with cross-border mobile payments provider Citcon to allow businesses using Veea services in the U.S. to accept Alipay and WeChat Pay mobile payments.

It's an important pivot point for the industry — consumer trust is threatened by a steady flow of data breaches, and consumers are divided on whether they want to stick with plastic or move on to mobile and wearable payments.

Instead of expanding Alipay’s geographic reach across the U.S. and Canada, Alipay is doubling down on merchant acceptance in urban areas and tourist zones to drive more spending volume.

Microsoft will use the Stripe Connect platform to enable hundreds of millions of Outlook users to immediately pay invoices and bills received via email in more than 135 countries.

A challenge for governments and banks in emerging countries is persuading consumers and small businesses to move from the informal cash economy to electronic payments. A project in Peru may be the answer.

Barclays is one of the top five cobranded card issuers in the U.S., but because the bank has no branch network it must use unconventional marketing approaches — and unique technological innovations — to win customers.

Younger adults who regularly use mobile payments are more likely to take financial risks and rack up fees, according to a new financial literacy study by the George Washington University School of Business.

Younger adults who regularly use mobile payments are more likely to take financial risks and rack up fees, according to a new financial literacy study by the George Washington University School of Business.

Often thought of as the Square of Europe, iZettle is working to sprint ahead of its American rival.

Square has come a long way since it debuted in 2009 with a simple plastic card reader for micro-merchants. But it didn't make its journey alone.