Another piece of the puzzle is falling into place for mobile wallet solution Isis, which this week revealed a list of retailers it is partnering with, including Macy’s, Foot Locker and Jamba Juice.

Starbucks’ mobile payments strategy continues to gain steam, with recent reports stating that the coffeehouse chain has processed 42 million payments processed via its mobile application.

VeriFone is seeing significant uptake of its mobile payments services by merchants and now expects its annual run rate to exceed $10 billion.

Sprint Nextel will introduce at least 10 additional devices with support for Google Wallet this year, a crucial next step in driving adoption of Google’s mobile wallet.

Dot-com companies including Google and Amazon are reportedly trying out physical retail stores as a way to attract new consumers. Could the shift to bricks-and-mortar stores be a sign of the times to come for online retail?

Two Google employees closely associated with its Google Wallet initiative have recently either left the company or moved on to other projects in a possible reflection of the challenges that Google is facing in the mobile payments space.

Mobile will play a big role for eBay as it migrates to an open ecommerce ecosystem that will enable developers to create new services and apps that enhance online and mobile shopping.

The advertising-supported Kindle 3G became Amazon’s bestselling ereader during the second quarter as the importance of digital content continues to grow for the online retailer.

PayPal’s introduction of a peer-to-peer near field communication solution for Android reflects the company’s commitment to mobile, as well as its ambitions to own a piece of in-store transactions.

EBay’s acquisition of mobile payments provider Zong brings complementary technology that will broaden PayPal’s reach and enable in-store transactions.