Mobile wallets

The bank is upgrading its ATM network to work with Apple Pay, Android Pay and Samsung Pay, allowing easier cash withdrawals and other cardless ATM transactions.

It’s not a question of "if" mobile contactless and camera-based payments will become the norm – it’s a matter of "when," writes Julian Wallis, East Kilbride, U.K.-based sales director in the payments group at Rambus.

MobilePay, Danske’s digital-pay subsidiary, wants Nordic banks to offer a single payment platform to counter challengers like Apple Pay and Samsung Pay.

Hawk Incentives, Blackhawk Network’s incentive card division, now enables Mastercard prepaid cards distributed in promotions and incentives to be added to third-party mobile wallets like Apple Pay, Android Pay and Samsung Pay.

Over time, alternative forms of payment will become more of the norm, according to U.S. consumers' predictions.

Tencent Holdings Ltd., China’s largest social media firm, is entering the traditional finance industry by investing in CICC International Capital Corp., a move that may help the investment bank’s expansion in wealth management.

SourceMedia's PayThink conference is an annual gathering of key decision-makers in the financial services and payments industries. This year's event, which took place in Phoenix this September, brought several key ideas to light.

The third-party wallets don't market interoperability or share much data, frustrating the process of adding new riders.

Payoneer will work with the mobile wallet eZ Cash to make it easier for its mobile wallet users to convert funds from cross-border payments to funds in the wallet.

Credit card benefits aren't worth much to a consumer who has no idea what the card offers, or has forgotten about them over time and simply never uses them.