The feature phone is gradually giving way to the smartphone, yielding in markets once thought impervious to expensive mobile devices. But in many parts of the world, smartphone shipments today …

Naomi Wilson, a mother of four who became frustrated with the grocery store experience, created a mobile shopping application that she says simplifies the retail checkout process. The Swift Shopper …

For those playing the always entertaining game of "What's Next for Apple?", company CEO Tim Cook provided few clues as to whether Apple's next big thing will be mobile payments. During Apple's second …

Mobile POS provider ROAM has announced the next generation of its mPOS application, ROAMpay X4. With this new release, ROAM said it has enhanced the app's user experience and simplified integration …

SmartMetric Inc. has announced the successful incorporation of near field communication technology into its fingerprint-activated biometric chip card. The chip remains inactive until the cardholder …

Cambodia's fourth-largest microfinance institution, Hattha Kaksekar, has gone live with SmartVista, the end-to-end payments solution from BPC Banking Technologies. The software will support the the …

Contactless payment card shipments are increasing at a strong clip, according to annual review data released by the Smart Payment Association. Nearly a quarter of all smart cards shipped in 2012 …

The mobile commerce platform Snapfinger announced the launch of its on-premise, self-checkout and mobile payment application that the company said enables restaurants to improve the customer …

Retailers have plenty of mobile tech in their arsenal to beef up their approach toward an improved customer experience. But they might want to rethink how they approach deploying it. According to an …

Symphony EYC announced the results of a survey that found both Americans and Europeans desire mobile interactions as part of their overall grocery shopping experience. The poll identified the …

Mobile commerce startup ZooZ has announced that it has closed a Series A round of funding for $2 million, bringing its total funding to $3.5 million. The current round was led by XSeed Capital and …

According to the Marbridge Daily, China will soon announce a specification for its national mobile payment standard. The standard, which has already been drafted, could come as early as this year …

Boulder Valley Credit Union is the latest financial institution to choose Tyfone's mobile financial services. The CU has more than 210,000 members and more than $300 million in assets across Colorado …

Russian MTS Bank has launced a suite of mobile payment services including mobile top-up, bill payment and remote purchases. The service uses solutions developed by Nordic technology provider Tieto …

Mercator Advisory Group has announced the publication of "Mobile and Tablet Banking: A Catalyst for Change." The study investigates how mobile devices are changing consumers' management of their …

EBay, the parent company of payment processor PayPal, reported its Q1 2013 results this week and mobile continues to have a growing impact on PayPal revenues. Overall, its payment volume grew 22 …

Payment acquirer WorldPay US has successfully completed Visa EMV acquirer testing, a key milestone in preparing business owners to accept encrypted chip cards. The company said it's also on track to …

China CITIC Bank and MasterCard have announced the signing of a memorandum of understanding to cooperate in the virtual payments space within and outside of China. According to the announcement, the …

Financial tech provider Fiserv Inc. is revving up Popmoney Instant Payments. Now users can send and receive funds through the service and have those funds credited into the recipient's account in a …

Canadian payment processor Moneris Solutions Corporation and retail software provider LightSpeed announced a new partnership to create an integraed mobile payment management solution for Canadian …