On Tuesday, customer engagement analytics firm Symphony EYC published the results of a fascinating new food-centric survey.

News came to light on Thursday that online retail giant Amazon may soon release a mobile payment solution for merchants and consumers.

On Tuesday, Javelin Strategy and Research sent a buzz through the world of mobile payments upon the publication of their annual retail point-of-sale update and forecast, a report which evaluates the actual and forecast changes in the retail POS market.

According to published reports that likely don't please the executives at mobile payments company Square, it looks like plenty of Starbucks baristas are having trouble completing transactions with Square's mobile payments solution.

Mobile payments are growing in popularity and prevalence at a pace must faster than what even the most bullish analysts originally anticipated.