NEW ORLEANS – A Visa executive at the International CTIA Wireless 2012 conference said that there is no doubt that in the near future digital wallet services will fundamentally transform commerce and change the way consumers pay for goods and services.

Visa and Samsung will soon debut a mobile payments application that will let consumers make contactless payments at the point of sale during the London 2012 Olympic Games.

Visa has teamed up with Monitise to let financial institutions in India offer mobile payments such as ticket purchases to its customers.

Visa Inc. has rolled out a suite of new mobile services that lets financial institutions offer their account holders the ability to monitor account history and balances.

Sears has been named 2011 Mobile Retailer of the Year, the highest accolade in mobile commerce and retail. Who else won the prestigious Mobile Commerce Awards?

Visa Inc. has partnered with shopkick to reward cardholders when they pay with their Visa credit card.

Financial institution U.S. Bank and retailer REI have teamed up to make credit card approval easier and faster for consumers shopping in-store via an iPhone application.

Google has received a worldwide license to Visa payWave, which will help both companies boost mobile payment adoption.

Global payments giant Visa is partnering with the NFL to give consumers a chance to win a trip to Super Bowl XLVI.

Isis can now count Visa, MasterCard, American Express and Discover among its partners as its looks to bring mobile commerce to a broad cross-section of U.S. consumers.