Mobile Wallets

Predictions of a cashless world have circulated for decades, yet physical money continues to anchor daily commerce across much of the globe. Visa’s 2026 outlook highlighted just how large that footprint ...

Google Pay launched a digital credit card designed for everyday transactional use in India. The new Flex by Google Pay is built on India’s RuPay payment network, powered by the country’s ...

Sports commerce and gaming platform Fanatics is formally entering the event-wagering sector with the launch of Fanatics Markets, a prediction market platform rolling out across 24 states this week, the ...

Shoppers are using mobile wallets more often, but the new data suggests that this shift is doing less to consolidate Apple Pay’s dominance than to widen the field for its ...

 PYMNTS Intelligence finds that 31% of consumers used a mobile wallet in a store in the last seven days, more than double the 14% reported a year earlier. Apple Pay’s ...

The global shift toward mobile wallets is often described as a Generation Z movement. However, the PYMNTS Intelligence report “Pocket Revolution: How Mobile Wallets Are Changing Payments Worldwide” showed that digital ...

Apple reportedly asked a judge Monday (Oct. 27) to dismiss a racketeering lawsuit brought by Fintiv. FinTiv, a digital payments solution provider, alleges the tech giant stole its technology to create ...

Payments processing FinTech Unlimit says it has integrated Apple Pay transfer capabilities into its platform. This new integration is designed to let retail customers using Unlimit “seamlessly” transfer their fiat funds to eligible Apple Pay ...

Apple Pay and Apple Wallet are both gaining users and adding capabilities. Jennifer Bailey, vice president of Apple Pay and Apple Wallet, said during a Sunday (Oct. 26) keynote at Money ...

A new generation of mobile wallets is emerging to evolve wallets beyond payments, Thales SVP Gustavo Menezes writes in the new PYMNTS eBook, “Headlines That Will Shape the Close of ...

Digital wallets have reached a turning point. Weekly in-store usage has more than doubled year over year, and Apple Pay now moves an estimated $450 billion in annual sales. Yet cards ...

Convenience store and gas station chain Circle K has teamed up with vehicle-based payment technology provider Car IQ to launch a mobile app for fleet operators. The new Circle K Pro ...

Mobile wallets aren’t killing the credit card. They’re giving it new life. That’s the undercurrent of PYMNTS Intelligence’s latest “How the World Does Digital” report, which finds that wallets are driving ...

Japan’s PayPay’s valuation could reportedly exceed $20 billion as it prepares to go public. The SoftBank-owned payments app is set for an initial public offering (IPO) in the U.S. in December, ...

Mastercard and Alipay+ have teamed to promote contactless payments in South Korea. This partnership will see the two companies provide support for mobile wallet Kakao Pay in launching NFC (near-field communication) payment for overseas ...

Meta will let small businesses offer a payment option within the WhatsApp Business App. The new service was one of several announced in a Thursday (Sept. 18) press release by the ...

The Saudi Central Bank (SAMA) has launched Google Pay through the national payment system, mada, in Saudi Arabia. Google Pay enables users to provision and manage their mada cards and credit ...

Watch more: Acquirers and Payment Infrastructure — Powering the Mobile-First Future Acquirers must future-proof their operations in an increasingly mobile-first world. As Visa Acceptance Solutions Global Sales, Engineering Vice President Pritesh Patel ...

Consumers can now access Affirm’s payment options when making in-store purchases with Apple Pay on iPhone in the United States. The move marks an expansion of a capability that was already ...

Australia, while a burgeoning mobile-first market, presents a paradox for financial institutions, FinTech innovators and payment providers. In the Land Down Under, there’s a population eager for digital convenience, particularly one-click ...

Ireland’s three retail banks say they will introduce a mobile payment service next year. Zippay, a joint collaboration by AIB, Bank of Ireland and PTSB, is set to debut in early ...

Mark Twain once remarked that there are “lies, damned lies, and statistics.” A century later, the line still gets a chuckle. Not because statistics are inherently dishonest, but because we ...

Singapore is among the nations most visibly moving toward mobile-first shopping. In the “2025 Global Digital Shopping Index: Singapore Edition,” released by PYMNTS Intelligence and commissioned by Visa Acceptance Solutions, a ...

Google Play launched a partnership with Thailand-based Kasikornbank and Ant International’s Antom. The collaboration resulted in the launch of K Plus as a new local payment method on Google Play, according ...

At 2 a.m. on a rain‑slicked interstate, a long‑haul 18-wheeler pulls into a dimly lit fuel island. The driver swipes a decades‑old mag‑stripe “fleet card,” keys in the tractor’s mileage, enters a ...

Coinbase says its North American app customers can now purchase cryptocurrency with Samsung Pay. “With just a few taps, eligible users can move from interest to action – without needing to ...

Instant payments are set to disrupt B2B transactions as businesses adapt around their speed, WEX President of Corporate Payments Eric Frankovic writes in the new PYMNTS eBook, “Halftime 2025: Charting ...

Global payments are being driven by a generational shift toward mobile wallets that began with young consumers and is now influencing all age groups. The PYMNTS Intelligence report “Pocket Revolution: How ...

The way people use technology is changing, creating a complex situation for banks and retailers. Even though more devices are connected, many people are happy with the basic technology they have. ...

Mobile wallets rapidly emerging as a pivotal force in how consumers conduct in-store transactions worldwide. In the PYMNTS Intelligence report “Pocket Revolution: How Mobile Wallets Are Changing Payments Worldwide,” responses from ...

Payments platform Alipay says it has made the world’s first-ever smart glasses-embedded e-wallet payment. The company, part of China’s Ant Group, announced the transaction Thursday (June 19), noting it was conducted ...

Credit unions (CUs) face a critical juncture that threatens their long-term viability. Baby boomers dominate CU membership, making up 39% compared to 31% for millennials and Generation Z combined, and the ...

The roar of the crowd. The hum of a busy airport terminal. The gentle sway of a cruise ship. These environments, as varied as they are, now share a common ...

Forget your plastic cards for a moment. A quiet revolution is happening in how we pay for everything from dinner to electronics, and it’s being led by the smartphone in ...

Credit unions face pressure to keep pace with national, regional and local banks that are often at the forefront of developing cutting-edge financial services. To gain access to the advanced technologies ...

To thrive in today’s fragmented retail landscape, small and medium-sized businesses must close the digital divide and embrace unified commerce strategies. It’s a good summary of PYMNTS’ new 2025 Global Digital ...

Samsung Wallet in the U.S. now simplifies peer-to-peer (P2P) payments with the help of Visa Tap technology and the Visa Direct money movement solution. With the launch of this Samsung Tap to Transfer, ...

Visa launched Visa Commercial Integrated Partners, a program to help businesses embed payments into their products and platforms. The program is designed to cover companies ranging from ERP platforms that streamline ...

While U.S. consumers are rapidly embracing mobile wallets for peer-to-peer payments, their adoption for in-store transactions still lags behind many international counterparts, highlighting a dichotomy in the country’s digital payment ...

Paysafe says it expects good things from Latin America amid the region’s FinTech boom. Latin America (LatAm) was a popular subject on the payments company’s quarterly earnings call Tuesday (May 13), ...

Latin America is undergoing a dramatic shift in how money moves. But it isn’t traditional financial institutions that are leading the charge. Instead, mobile wallets and real-time payment systems are ...

Grubhub and Blue Apron owner Wonder has reportedly raised $600 million in new funding. The deal brings Wonder nearer to developing what CEO Mark Lore described to Bloomberg News Tuesday (May 6) as a “super app for ...

Brazilian consumers are rapidly adopting mobile devices for retail purchases, outpacing global trends, though pervasive payment friction presents a significant hurdle for merchants, according to the 2025 Global Digital Shopping ...

London-based FinTech Revolut is preparing to launch mobile phone plans. The new program, announced Wednesday (April 30), will offer users unlimited calls, texts and data at home and a 20GB roaming allowance across Europe and ...

In the current environment, no matter what the country, consumers are keenly aware of the pressures of inflation, of how far their spending can stretch, and where they may have ...