The wireless industry in Canada is strengthening the push that it has been making to accelerate the adoption of mobile payments, but merchants are feeling frustrated and pressured as they anticipate higher fees.

A joint venture in China plans to drive growth among mobile users there by focusing on mobile e-commerce. The venture expects to increasingly drive the volume of online shopping in the world's second-largest economy.

A new study in Asia shows that more than half of Indonesian and Thai consumers using their mobile phones to shop in the last three months. China follows closely.

Visa, one of the most powerful players in the sector, wants to ensure that it charges a fee to anyone offering a digital wallet, whether Google, PayPal or a carrier.

A new study has found that while credit cards dominated the preferred payment method from web-based transactions, 78 percent of mobile-based transactions use alternative payment methods.

Starbucks says it is generating more than three million United States mobile payment transactions per week and announced it is rolling out a cross-channel, multi-brand loyalty brand.

IKEA has just replaced its old mCommerce app for iOS, which has been available since 2009, with a greatly updated version that includes a catalog with approximately 1,000 featured items.

The mobile commerce web site of Barnes & Noble tops the Keynote Mobile Commerce Performance Index for the week, now ranked among the top three retailer sites for 30 weeks.

Banana Republic is driving click-throughs on its ad with a 10 percent off coupon that can be redeemed in-store enticing users to shop either in-store or through their mobile devices.

Walmart is expanding its 'Scan & Go' program to a number of U.S. stores in a pilot program that lets shoppers scan items with their iPhones and pay at self-checkout counters.