Mobile wallets

More people are buying digitally, but issues of fraud and authentication could affect this trend.

New tech like APIs and artificial intelligence will help consumers manage all their finances through an app, rather than just transfer funds.

A new survey finds that more than half of respondents planned to do most of their gift shopping through a smartphone.

Once signed up, customers expect a smooth enrollment and onboarding experience, too, regardless of the channel, says Intelledox's Neal Keene.

Alibaba’s gigantic stock debut in Hong Kong gives it extra fuel to become a global payments empire.

By attaching to Honey and its base of 17 million mostly young, female consumers who use the platform to find the best price on e-commerce deals, PayPal also is aiming to get closer to merchants with customized offers.

Zazu Limited, a Zambian fintech, has partnered with Mastercard to launch a mobile wallet that supports a prepaid account instantly issued from the app to any local consumer — with or without a bank account.

Fraud attacks and their avenue of entry are generally regarded as mysteries to most of the companies that suffer from them.

The tech giant’s plan to offer checking raises concerns about how it will use customer data; third quarter loan originations were the second most on record.

Questions about the search giant's planned use of transactional data resonate not only with wary consumers, but also with banks that are worried about big tech’s financial services ambitions, as well as lawmakers and regulators concerned about the tech industry’s growing reach.