P-to-P payments

Mastercard has dropped out of a recent bidding war with Visa to acquire Earthport, announcing it will instead buy Transfast, a different cross-border payments firm.

Barclays plc has spent years experimenting with creative ways to promote mobile payments, and it's not showing signs of stopping.

The mobile revolution is turning Western Union into a very different company, one that must adjust to new ways to pay while pouring substantial resources into fending off the threat of e-commerce.

Pan-European payments and transaction services provider equensWorldline has launched its domestic interoperable P2P mobile payment scheme across the continent.

Barclays is preparing to merge its wearable mobile payments product BPay with its more popular Pingit app, after it struggled to attract users.

The bank-run Zelle P2P network was designed without the social media-esque touches that made Venmo a hit among millennials. And as one might expect, half of all new P2P users are 45 and older.

P2P transfer apps aren't just for splitting the rent — they can also be portals to a wider array of financial services, as Canada’s national Interac debit network plans to prove.

Consumers are expressing an ever-increasing interest in making digital Person-to-Person payments to friends, families and even businesses for bills, shared expenses or temporary loans. Digital P2P payments are quickly beginning to displace other payment forms such as cash and checks due to their convenience and growing ubiquity.

Singapore’s banks have gained a six-month extension to comply with regulations aimed to protect consumers and businesses using P2P and other electronic funds-transfers within the country.

Venmo is not a moneymaker for PayPal yet, but that's not stopping the online and mobile payments giant from dreaming big about where its P2P service is headed.