We sat down with James Frost, Chief Marketing Officer of Worldpay, one of the largest payment processors in the UK. On the agenda was the rise of contactless payments, the sustainability of wearables and whether virtual currency will ever be universally accepted.

Cloud-based mobile rewards platform provider Perk has launched Perk Plastik, a new prepaid debit card that runs via the Discover Network.

Troubled phone manufacturer Blackberry has partnered with PayPal on BBM Money, a new P2P payment service that will allow BBM users to instantly send and receive money over the messaging service.

Parkonomy will start offering Barclays’ payment service Pingit as a method of payment for parking spaces.

According to a recent report by the American Bankers Association, online is still the most popular way for Americans to bank, but mobile is on the rise with 12 per cent of consumers preferring the method, up from 3 per cent just five years ago.

Do you know that mobile devices account for over 15 per cent of the total market share for digital commerce spending? This infographic uncovers the influence that mobile has upon e-commerce and consumer behaviour.