MasterCard and United Nation’s Food and Agriculture Organization are working together to develop inclusive payment systems to support small-scale farmers and poor families.

First Internet Bank (FIB) is now offering Eyeprint ID verification technology within its mobile banking application, allowing customers to access their bank account with a smartphone camera and an ‘‘eyeprint’’ instead of a username and password.

The government of India has officially joined the Better Than Cash Alliance, the UN-based conglomerate of international organisations and countries promoting digital banking.

The mobile payment start-up Zapp has secured a five-year agreement with Featurespace to provide real-time fraud protection for its mobile payment customers.

The days of paper banknotes are nearing an end as the Bank of England announced that the next £20 banknote will be printed on polymer. It will follow the polymer £5 note featuring Winston Churchill, which will be issued in autumn 2016, and the £10 polymer note featuring Jane Austen entering circulation a year later.

Here are ten interesting facts about mobile commerce, crafted into infographic form by the team over at CJG Digital Marketing.