Mobile Wallets

The number of consumers using at least one of the major third-party mobile-payment services—Apple Pay, Android Pay, or Samsung Pay—will top 150 million globally by the of 2017, says Juniper Research, a U.K.-based firm, in its “Is OEM-Pay the Future of Contactless” report. Some 50 million of them will begin …

Consumers of all ages appear to be embracing person-to-person payments, finds the Bank of America Trends in Consumer Mobility Report released Thursday. The report, which surveyed more than 1,000 U.S. adults who have a banking account and a smart phone, found that 36% of all respondents use a P2P payments …

Expanding on an acceptance relationship that began last October at high-end merchant locations in California and New York, processor First Data Corp. on Tuesday said it will offer its 4 million U.S. merchants in-store acceptance of the Chinese online and mobile-payment service Alipay, which is used by 450 million people …

Ever since Apple Inc. raised the profile of mobile wallets with its launch of Apple Pay in 2014, observers have questioned how widely consumers would take up the newfangled payment gadgets. The latest study shows that while adoption is widespread, it has stalled in recent months. The good news for …

Paying for fuel at an Exxon Mobil Corp. gas station just got even easier. That is, for those who use the ExxonMobil Speedpass+ mobile app and drive a Ford vehicle with SYNC3 technology or use Apple Inc.’s Apple Watch. Speedpass+, which also is available for Android devices and offers Samsung …

• Apple Inc., in its results for the second quarter ending April 1, said Apple Pay is available now in 15 markets, having launched in Taiwan and Ireland in March. Globally, that includes 20 million contactless-ready locations, of which 4.5 million are in the United States, said chief executive Tim Cook during …

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau confirmed last week that it will extend the effective date of its planned rule governing prepaid accounts by six months, until Oct. 1, and indicated it would consider a further extension. The embattled bureau also said it would revisit “at least two substantive issues” in …

• Santander Bank N.A. announced it is now supporting Apple Pay for its Mastercard credit and debit cards. • Healthy Solutions for Pets, a pet-supplement company, has hired Orderhouse to build an e-commerce store. Orderhouse’s services include technology, fulfillment, and payments. • Vantiv Inc. will provide ATM and debit and credit card processing …

When PayPal Holdings Inc. made deals last year with Visa Inc., Mastercard Inc., Citigroup Inc., and Fidelity National Information Services (FIS), one key part of the agreements was access to the card networks’ tokenization engines to reach bank-issued payment cards. On Tuesday,

Mobile-wallet enthusiasts may have to look overseas for encouragement. A report released Tuesday indicates sizzling growth worldwide for the three major mobile-payments services—Android Pay, Apple Pay, and Samsung Pay—but researchers who follow the U.S. market say the trio are making little if any headway with consumers. The report from Juniper …