History is filled with the stories of failed mobile wallets. The few that survive today have found a way to set themselves apart.

E-commerce payment gateway Instamojo is adding digital wallet payment acceptance to its platform, further pushing initiatives to have consumers in India using less cash.

Nearly six months into its partnership with TD Bank in Canada, Moven is on the hunt for additional partners as it looks to take its real-time spending insights to the masses.

As merchants and app developers seek to emulate disruptors like Uber or Airbnb by embedding payments in the user experience, the pressure will mount to be one of the few apps that consumers regularly use.

Chinese handset maker Xiaomi has entered China’s booming mobile payments market with Mi Pay, a contactless payments service running on China UnionPay’s network with support from 20 local banks and six mass-transit systems in the country.

High Peaks Federal Credit Union, based in Dillon, Mont., has converted its core processing to Symitar Episys via a solution owned by Member Driven Technologies.

The mobile wallet is transforming from a standalone app into just a feature of a bigger commerce system. Here are a few companies that have done away with the wallet concept.

Mobile can make in-store payments easier and add dimensions to marketing, but consumers will drive the shopping experience, placing unprepared merchants at a disadvantage.

Fresh off of a series of partnership deals to extend carrier billing in Europe, Boku has attracted an additional $13.7 million in venture funding to back the San Francisco company's global ambition.

Blockchain has become popular for some startups selling low-friction cross-border transactions, and Visa is looking for banks to participate in a pilot program to assess potential opportunity in the technology.

Some financial companies are leery of betting on an early-stage technology such as artificial intelligence for important jobs like combating account thefts, but PayPal says it works – especially in rooting out false alarms.

As the threat of card not present (CNP) fraud continues to rise, a recent survey suggests many consumers are willing to take extra steps during a transaction to block online card fraud if their bank offered the option.

With even community banks getting hit by ransomware attacks, there's a long list of cybersecurity practices that bankers can expect their supervisors to scrutinize during upcoming exams.

CHICAGO -- In payments politics, it's difficult to imagine a topic that gets the blood flowing more than the EMV chip-card shift in the U.S.

Ingenico and Worldpay have renewed their partnership in Britain, affirming Ingenico’s role as Worldpay UK’s preferred supplier of payment terminals until 2020, a move that creates stability as both companies address merchant needs for in-store digital technology.

Third-party applications will soon able to access Siri's program interface with the upcoming iPhone 7, but the implications for mobile banking apps are still unclear.

Nets Holding A/S, a Nordic payments firm owned by equity funds Advent International Corporation and Bain Capital Private Equity, as well as Danish pension fund ATP, announced it is preparing for an initial public offering.

CHICAGO -- Ask a group of consumers what's keeping them from using a mobile wallet and more than half will say it's not safe to do so.

U.K.-based startup called Moneybox has launched a microinvesting app to encourage the millennial generation to invest the change that results from payments.

Samsung is adding support for Samsung Pay contactless payments in its new Gear3 smartwatch amid a marketwide proliferation of transactions for connected devices and clothing.