MasterCard and mobile commerce provider P97 are collaborating to support a service that helps consumers find and make mobile payments at gas stations and convenience stores.

A tiny South Carolina bank has learned the hard lesson of countless failed Silicon Valley startups: when you swing for the fences on a transformative new technology, sometimes you strike out.

Technology company IMM said it is seeing growing demand for its suite of eTransaction automation solutions.

Like everywhere else on the planet, African retailers are struggling with the mobile payment chicken-and-egg dilemma — how can they accept mobile payments if consumers aren't using the technology?

Visa Europe is collaborating with Central Saint Martins College to determine if the true innovation in wearable computing is less about the "Internet" and more about the "things."

Starbucks Corp. named Adobe Systems Inc. executive Gerri Martin-Flickinger to the newly created role of chief technology officer as the chain increasingly focuses on selling coffee through its mobile-phone application.

The central bank originally established a 10-year time horizon for completing upgrades to the nation's aging electronic payment system. But a task force convened by the Fed thinks that's not ambitious enough.

Gas stations have had a complicated relationship with mobile wallets. Pump hardware is notoriously difficult to upgrade, and besides that, many consumers believe that it's a fire hazard to use their phones while fueling up.

The New York State Department of Financial Services gave a third virtual currency company the green light to begin operations in the state.

This tech tool is allowing the $2.5 billion credit union to upgrade the functionality of its online and mobile banking platforms, and now the digital channel processes more transactions than all of the physical branches combined.

Santander Group, the Spanish banking giant, has invested several million dollars in Ripple, one of the most prominent startups in the hotly discussed field of distributed-ledger technology.

Synechron, a consulting firm to the financial services industry, has acquired Crossbridge, a London-based consulting firm.

Santander Group, the Spanish banking giant, has invested several million dollars in Ripple, one of the most prominent startups in the hotly discussed field of distributed-ledger technology.

The Symitar division of Jack Henry & Associates, Inc., said it secured 31 new core system takeaways during its 2015 fiscal year, which ended June 30.

Newer banks in the U.K. now have an easier method for participating in the Faster Payments System through a pre-funding settlement process.

Since mobile app purchases are of little use to retailers if consumers bail on the transaction, technology vendors are keener than ever to cure 'cart abandonment.'

The gaming market is evolving and becoming more lucrative by the year. As developers continually aim to recreate new ways to monetize game content, mobile payment operators hold a unique position in this profitable market.

The term has gone from a common brand name to a catch-all for innovative technologies in financial services to a somewhat patronizing plural noun to describe startups and their founders.

The Miami Heat basketball team is joining the mobile and contactless payment movement by offering fans a QR code-based mobile wallet system to make food, souvenir or ticket purchases from a mobile phone throughout the team's American Airlines Arena.

Swift CEO Gottfried Leibbrandt talks about how the global messaging network is looking to stay relevant to its bank members; the potential and limitations of blockchain technology; and his views on the startups looking to disrupt banking.