Cantaloupe Systems and First Data are letting consumers use Google Wallet to pay for snacks and drinks at vending machines across New York, Washington and Chicago.

MasterCard has teamed up with mFoundry to offer banks and credit unions more mobile payment options.

The Salvation Army has partnered with mobile payment company Square to increase donations via the nonprofit’s widely recognized Red Kettle holiday fundraising program.

Specialty retailer Gap Inc. is showing that it is a force to reckon with in the mobile commerce space via a new partnership with Google Wallet that lets consumers tap to pay for products.

Intuit is teaming up with AT&T to bring its GoPayment mobile payments service to small businesses and make it easy for them to process credit and debit card payments using a smartphone or tablet.

EBay confirmed that 2011 will be its largest mobile shopping season to date with an expected $5 billion in mobile sales, driven in part by the holidays.

C. Wonder, a new boutique in SoHo, is piloting in-store mobile devices featuring payments technology and the ability to cross-sell customers.

Transportation service NJ Transit is making buying tickets easier for consumers by becoming the first public commuter organization using Google Wallet.

The volume of payments made via PayPal from mobile devices will total more than $3.5 billion in 2011, with the company expecting a significant jump in mobile payments during the upcoming holiday shopping season.

Retailer American Eagle Outfitters is continuing its push in the mobile commerce space via a new partnership with Google Wallet.