Cash and plastic cards are relics of the past. These top, tested mobile payment apps let you easily make contactless payments, send friends money, or shop online with your phone.

While offering fast, secure, and convenient ways to pay, digital wallets like Apple Wallet, Google Wallet, Samsung Wallet, Cash App, PayPal, and Venmo have risks, a CR analysis finds. Here's how ...

Most current smartphone wallet apps with a tap-to-pay feature require a phone with a Near Field Communication (NFC) chip to work. For iPhones, that means the iPhone 6 and 6 Plus.

Consumers tend to spend about 10% more when they adopt mobile contactless payment methods, according to research from Assistant Professor Yuqian Xu at UNC-Chapel Hill.

For online payments, you may also need a payment link or website. For in-person payments, you’ll also need a card reader, POS, or mobile phone at the very least.

MEMPHIS, Tenn. — If you pay your MLGW bill over the phone, you better take note. The company recently announced it would be changing the pay by phone system starting November 15, 2015.

PayPal, which got its start online, is increasingly targeting the physical world by offering to collect payments for high-street stores. This week it announced deals with more than a dozen US ...

Some small-business owners handle phone payments by key-entering payment information into a credit card machine or calling it into a credit card processing company. With PayPal, you don't need ...

T-Mobile’s charging an extra $5 plus tax for paying your phone bill in-store. The carrier claims most people pay online. But people who don’t — and possibly can’t — make payments online ...