![The top 5 consumer startups from Y Combinator Demo Day](https://venturebeat-com-develop.go-vip.co/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/img_4733.jpeg?resize=350%2C175&strip=all)
Topic > mobile payments
![The top 5 consumer startups from Y Combinator Demo Day](https://venturebeat-com-develop.go-vip.co/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/img_4733.jpeg?resize=350%2C175&strip=all)
![Facebook reportedly working on PayPal-like mobile payments system](https://venturebeat-com-develop.go-vip.co/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/facebook-actions.jpg?resize=350%2C175&strip=all)
Facebook reportedly working on PayPal-like mobile payments system
![Isis to finally bring its NFC mobile payments nationwide later this year](https://venturebeat-com-develop.go-vip.co/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/isis-coke-machine.jpg?resize=350%2C175&strip=all)
Isis to finally bring its NFC mobile payments nationwide later this year
![This little orange box is spreading economic opportunities across Africa](https://venturebeat-com-develop.go-vip.co/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/476111_357676657597479_1789944567_o.jpg?resize=350%2C175&strip=all)
This little orange box is spreading economic opportunities across Africa
![Lemon enters race for one-touch mobile payments with Lemon Network](https://venturebeat-com-develop.go-vip.co/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/lemon.jpg?resize=350%2C175&strip=all)
Lemon enters race for one-touch mobile payments with Lemon Network
![PayPal shines in eBay's Q2: Revenues up 20%, 4.7M accounts added, payments volume up 24%](https://venturebeat-com-develop.go-vip.co/wp-content/themes/vb-news/brand/img/logos/logo-placeholder-350x175.jpg)
PayPal shines in eBay's Q2: Revenues up 20%, 4.7M accounts added, payments volume up 24%
![NFC is not dead: Why critics are digging its grave far too soon](https://venturebeat-com-develop.go-vip.co/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/paypal-nfc.jpg?resize=350%2C175&strip=all)
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NFC is not dead: Why critics are digging its grave far too soon
![eMarketer cuts mobile payment predictions in half, says market stifled by ‘congestion’](https://venturebeat-com-develop.go-vip.co/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/traffic-jam.jpg?resize=350%2C175&strip=all)
eMarketer cuts mobile payment predictions in half, says market stifled by ‘congestion’
![Mobile payments ‘tsunami’ is coming to wash away our wallets](https://venturebeat-com-develop.go-vip.co/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/mobilebeat-mobile-payment.jpg?resize=350%2C175&strip=all)
Mobile payments ‘tsunami’ is coming to wash away our wallets
![Why smartwatches are the real future of mobile payments](https://venturebeat-com-develop.go-vip.co/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/pebble-smartwatch-ces-press-conference-2.jpg?resize=350%2C175&strip=all)
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Why smartwatches are the real future of mobile payments
![Clinkle raises massive $25M seed round to transform how we pay for things](https://venturebeat-com-develop.go-vip.co/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/lucas-headshot.jpg?resize=350%2C175&strip=all)
Clinkle raises massive $25M seed round to transform how we pay for things
![PayPal beating Square at its own game in UK](https://venturebeat-com-develop.go-vip.co/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/paypal-mobile-payments.jpg?resize=350%2C175&strip=all)
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PayPal beating Square at its own game in UK
![Urban Airship launches the first cross-platform digital-wallet manager](https://venturebeat-com-develop.go-vip.co/wp-content/themes/vb-news/brand/img/logos/logo-placeholder-350x175.jpg)
Urban Airship launches the first cross-platform digital-wallet manager
![Clip raises $1.5M to fund Square-like mobile payments in Mexico](https://venturebeat-com-develop.go-vip.co/wp-content/themes/vb-news/brand/img/logos/logo-placeholder-350x175.jpg)
Clip raises $1.5M to fund Square-like mobile payments in Mexico
![Mobile Wallets 2.0: What’s in your mobile DNA?](https://venturebeat-com-develop.go-vip.co/wp-content/themes/vb-news/brand/img/logos/logo-placeholder-350x175.jpg)
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Mobile Wallets 2.0: What’s in your mobile DNA?
![Square breaks out of North America, starting with Japan](https://venturebeat-com-develop.go-vip.co/wp-content/themes/vb-news/brand/img/logos/logo-placeholder-350x175.jpg)
Square breaks out of North America, starting with Japan
![Payvia snaps up Mogreet to bring MMS marketing together with carrier billing](https://venturebeat-com-develop.go-vip.co/wp-content/themes/vb-news/brand/img/logos/logo-placeholder-350x175.jpg)
Payvia snaps up Mogreet to bring MMS marketing together with carrier billing
![Mobile medical billing and payments are poised to explode](https://venturebeat-com-develop.go-vip.co/wp-content/themes/vb-news/brand/img/logos/logo-placeholder-350x175.jpg)
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Mobile medical billing and payments are poised to explode
![PayPal kills the cash register — and offers completely free payment processing for 2013](https://venturebeat-com-develop.go-vip.co/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/paypal-here.jpg?resize=350%2C175&strip=all)
PayPal kills the cash register — and offers completely free payment processing for 2013
![Log in with PayPal: A new way to take the headache out of mobile shopping](https://venturebeat-com-develop.go-vip.co/wp-content/themes/vb-news/brand/img/logos/logo-placeholder-350x175.jpg)
Log in with PayPal: A new way to take the headache out of mobile shopping
![Some Starbucks baristas can’t figure out how to take Square payments](https://venturebeat-com-develop.go-vip.co/wp-content/themes/vb-news/brand/img/logos/logo-placeholder-350x175.jpg)
Some Starbucks baristas can’t figure out how to take Square payments
![Mobeam makes the Galaxy S IV the first phone to support typical barcode scanners](https://venturebeat-com-develop.go-vip.co/wp-content/themes/vb-news/brand/img/logos/logo-placeholder-350x175.jpg)
Mobeam makes the Galaxy S IV the first phone to support typical barcode scanners
![Payment leaders: NFC and digital wallets are overhyped, Asia will lead innovation (while Europe lags behind)](https://venturebeat-com-develop.go-vip.co/wp-content/themes/vb-news/brand/img/logos/logo-placeholder-350x175.jpg)
Payment leaders: NFC and digital wallets are overhyped, Asia will lead innovation (while Europe lags behind)
![PayPal to developers: Our new mobile payment dev tools don’t stink, we promise!](https://venturebeat-com-develop.go-vip.co/wp-content/themes/vb-news/brand/img/logos/logo-placeholder-350x175.jpg)
PayPal to developers: Our new mobile payment dev tools don’t stink, we promise!
![Square’s new ‘Business in a Box’ will help get your sale system running for $300](https://venturebeat-com-develop.go-vip.co/wp-content/themes/vb-news/brand/img/logos/logo-placeholder-350x175.jpg)
Square’s new ‘Business in a Box’ will help get your sale system running for $300
![4 payment trends that will shape the future of game development](https://venturebeat-com-develop.go-vip.co/wp-content/themes/vb-news/brand/img/logos/logo-placeholder-350x175.jpg)
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4 payment trends that will shape the future of game development
![Square COO Keith Rabois resigns, replaced by CFO](https://venturebeat-com-develop.go-vip.co/wp-content/themes/vb-news/brand/img/logos/logo-placeholder-350x175.jpg)
Square COO Keith Rabois resigns, replaced by CFO
![eBay earns $14.1 billion on $175B of commerce flow in 2012](https://venturebeat-com-develop.go-vip.co/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/medium_364082308.jpg?resize=350%2C175&strip=all)
eBay earns $14.1 billion on $175B of commerce flow in 2012
![Watch out, Square: PayPal and NCR team up for mobile payments in a big way](https://venturebeat-com-develop.go-vip.co/wp-content/themes/vb-news/brand/img/logos/logo-placeholder-350x175.jpg)
Watch out, Square: PayPal and NCR team up for mobile payments in a big way
![AT&T’s new platforms to tempt devs: Digital Life, Mobile Payments, Connected Car](https://venturebeat-com-develop.go-vip.co/wp-content/themes/vb-news/brand/img/logos/logo-placeholder-350x175.jpg)
AT&T’s new platforms to tempt devs: Digital Life, Mobile Payments, Connected Car
![Deepening its partnership, Starbucks starts selling Square credit card readers](https://venturebeat-com-develop.go-vip.co/wp-content/themes/vb-news/brand/img/logos/logo-placeholder-350x175.jpg)
Deepening its partnership, Starbucks starts selling Square credit card readers
![VeriFone calls it quits on mobile payments](https://venturebeat-com-develop.go-vip.co/wp-content/themes/vb-news/brand/img/logos/logo-placeholder-350x175.jpg)
VeriFone calls it quits on mobile payments
![Mobile payments pioneer Square adds gift cards, integration with Apple’s Passbook](https://venturebeat-com-develop.go-vip.co/wp-content/themes/vb-news/brand/img/logos/logo-placeholder-350x175.jpg)
Mobile payments pioneer Square adds gift cards, integration with Apple’s Passbook
![Bank of America who? Square now processing $10B in payments annually](https://venturebeat-com-develop.go-vip.co/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/jack-dorsey-twitter.jpg?resize=350%2C175&strip=all)
Bank of America who? Square now processing $10B in payments annually
![Bank of America releases a mobile payment service to compete with Square](https://venturebeat-com-develop.go-vip.co/wp-content/themes/vb-news/brand/img/logos/logo-placeholder-350x175.jpg)
Bank of America releases a mobile payment service to compete with Square
![Mobile ordering cuts through the lines at Starbucks’ La Boulange](https://venturebeat-com-develop.go-vip.co/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/la-boulange.jpg?resize=350%2C175&strip=all)
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Mobile ordering cuts through the lines at Starbucks’ La Boulange
![Back to the future: Google Wallet is actually … a funky morphing credit card](https://venturebeat-com-develop.go-vip.co/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/large_524574337.jpg?resize=350%2C175&strip=all)
Back to the future: Google Wallet is actually … a funky morphing credit card
![PayPal cans 445 workers to delight customers and get stronger (yeah, really)](https://venturebeat-com-develop.go-vip.co/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/medium_4126408769.jpg?resize=350%2C175&strip=all)
PayPal cans 445 workers to delight customers and get stronger (yeah, really)
![Square brings its mobile payments powerhouse to Canada](https://venturebeat-com-develop.go-vip.co/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/square-canada.jpg?resize=350%2C175&strip=all)
Square brings its mobile payments powerhouse to Canada
![Isis confirms Oct. 22 launch — bringing mobile payments to Austin, Salt Lake City](https://venturebeat-com-develop.go-vip.co/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/isis-mobile-wallet-slide-mwc.jpg?resize=350%2C175&strip=all)