Digital wallets

In announcing its plan to offer a deposit account and debit card in partnership with SoFi, the mobile phone maker suggested that the coronavirus pandemic will accelerate consumers’ adoption of contactless payments.

Huawei Pay hopes to benefit from UnionPay's network and scale as it launches in Singapore, a market that already has several large mobile pay apps including Apple Pay.

Heritage financial institutions that don’t support emerging embedded payments and banking risk further erosion of younger cohorts and losing material franchise value to fintechs, challenger or neo-banks equipped to originate and service accounts at the edge of partner networks, say payment consultants Richard Crone and Heidi Liebenguth.

Banks, especially smaller ones, are more worried about the competitive inroads that Apple Pay, Venmo and others have made than they are about tech companies' incursions into other financial segments, according to a new survey by Promontory Interfinancial Network.

For many international enterprises, cross-border e-commerce processing is table stakes. And the more complex the payment, the more important it is to handle it quickly.

The advancement of mobile wallets has never quite aligned with U.S. dining habits, where patrons are accustomed to handing off their credit cards to wait staff — something they are less likely to do with their phones.

Curve has decided to take advantage of the work done by the major mobile wallet brands by adding support for Apple Pay and the other major wallet apps. This addition is designed to make Curve, and the Pays, a workaround for banks that don’t support all three major mobile wallets.

A new report from PSCU shows increases in spending levels and transaction volumes, along with a surge in mobile wallet usage during the holiday shopping season..

What Google ultimately does with its Google Checking service for banks will have a major effect on how mobile payments at all levels — from point of sale, to e-commerce, P2P and bill pay — will move forward.

While touting iPhone 11 as a big hit with consumers because of its various features and high-quality camera, Apple CEO Tim Cook also pointed to Apple Card as a reason the company's newest smartphone sold so well during the holidays.

The NFC Forum, the global standards body and advocacy association for the use of NFC, released the specifications to improve communication speed and the ability to use NFC in areas in which "noisy radio environments" might cause interference.

The winner of this next phase of development won't be an app. Instead, it will be almost invisibly woven into the DNA of the internet of things.

Apple has launched its contactless Apple Pay Express Transit Mode, which does not require authentication such as Touch ID, for the Transport for London mass transit services.

Apple has launched its contactless Apple Pay Express Transit Mode, which does not require authentication such as Touch ID, for the Transport for London mass transit services.

The Apple Card had the most successful credit card launch ever, according to Apple CEO Tim Cook — but achieving profitability depends on several variables that are still shrouded in mystery.

Google's $2.1 billion deal to buy Fitbit is primarily a hardware play. But it also brings Fitbit Pay under Google's umbrella — potentially repairing part of Google's fragmented mobile and wearable payments ecosystem.

It's long been understood that transit systems are fertile ground for payment innovations.

Apple keeps sweetening the deal for prospective Apple Card users, with Walgreens the latest to offer cash-back rewards.

Apple is expanding the list of merchants where Apple Card users may earn 3% cash back, starting with Uber.

Apple's massive user base, fully digital enrollment system, merchant reach and partnership with Goldman Sachs threaten retail banks on multiple fronts.