Mobile wallets

Samsung Pay is steadily spreading across the globe and adding new features, but it's also facing some strong challenges in these markets. Here are a few of the biggest issues Samsung's mobile wallet has faced since launch.

IBM took the banking world by storm last month when it revealed its planned acquisition of Promontory Financial Group. Now, it has unveiled IBM Pay, a perhaps unexpected and yet unsurprising addition to the technology giant's Watson Commerce unit.

Walmart and Dunkin' Donuts have poured millions of dollars into their proprietary mobile payment apps, and their most interesting lessons are the ones they didn't expect to learn.

Karhoo, a U.K. price comparison and hailing app for licensed taxis and minicabs, is preparing to launch in the U.S. with the help of Bank of America Merchant Services eCommerce and cybersecurity solutions.

The additions are part of Samsung's strategy to turn Samsung Pay into a broader commerce platform.

Visa and Mastercard are teaming up with wallet providers and technology companies to accelerate payments innovation.

The experience Thomas Ko gained at Citigroup and Haley Kim's time at Wells Fargo were vital in building Samsung's mobile pay app.

Coins uses blockchain and mobile technology to encourage financial inclusion in Asian economies.

SimplyTapp is using host card emulation to make its mobile technology more widely available, in a move to improve performance among young people.

The bank-led clearXchange is changing its brand to reasonate more with consumers

Bluetooth beacons — small transmitters that retailers can use to broadcast offers to shoppers' mobile phones — have always lived at the periphery of the payments world. But that may be changing very soon.

Alfred F. Kelly Jr. may be planning to run Visa his own way, but he will still face the same challenges his predecessor did. Here are a few of Visa's most immediate issues.

Stores are realizing that they don't want to duplicate Starbucks' success.

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Mobile technology is radically changing the way people hail taxis, book lodging, consume entertainment and find prospective dates, but the same magic isn’t happening with how people spend money.

Merchants aren't letting banks do all the innovation in mobile payments. Several companies are forging ahead with their own unique takes on app-based payments.

NEW YORK — Mobile wallets, often funded by linked credit union or bank accounts, are sometimes described as decoupled debit accounts in disguise-and may suffer from the same challenges decoupled debit faced.

Mobile wallets, often funded by linked credit union or bank accounts, are sometimes described as decoupled debit accounts in disguise — and may suffer from the same challenges decoupled debit faced.