Mark Nelsen, Visa’s global head of consumer payments, sees a world where the plastic card in your wallet becomes increasingly obsolete and the standard 16-digit account number becomes worthless.

The plastic fare cards are hard to get. Now, riders will soon be able to get them right from in-station vending machines. The plastic CharlieCard has for years made riding the MBTA more convenient, ...

Though efforts are underway to try and tackle the plastic waste problem – from cleaning up floating plastic for reuse to cutting back on single use packaging in stores – the growing number of ...