Forget the Year of the Horse (apologies to our Chinese readers), but for the banking innovation industry, 2014 was the Year of the Apple Pay.

Indeed, Apple Pay changed the financial services landscape this year, and especially on the retail, changing perceptions of how products should launch, how mobile payments will evolve, what payments security should be, and who gets paid what in the payments world. When we look back at our Top 25 blogs of the year, six of the top 10 dealt with Apple Pay. Our top story of the year, on the deep discount rates Apple negotiated from banks, was viewed nearly 30,000 times. We’ve never had a more popular story. Ever.

As we close on the Year of the Horse, we are pleased to share with you our list of Top 25 blogs. The list should tell you something about the year that was — and perhaps the year that will be. Happy holidays from all of us here at Bank Innovation.

1. Apple Said to Negotiate Deep Payments Discounts from Big Banks
2. 17 Hottest Trends That Will Drive Banking in 2014
3. The Real Reason PayPal Isn’t an Apple Pay Preferred Partner
4. Here’s How the Security Behind Apple Pay Will Really Work
5. Four Technologies That Will Revolutionize Financial Services
6. Apple to Use NFC, Tokenization in Payments, Sources Say
7. PayPal Is Said to Be in ‘Early Talks’ to Acquire Square
8. 10 Big, Hairy Innovation Ideas from Bank Innovation 2014
9. Apple Pay to Be Included in iOS 8.1, Sources Confirm
10. Apple Pay Loyalty Program Due to Start Within the Year
11. Apple Poaching Talent from AmEx, PayPal, Google — for Loyalty Program
12. VIDEO: Yes, Sex Does, in Fact, Sell for Vodafone Wallet
13. 30 Innovators to Watch: Key Executives Shaping the Industry in 2014
14. CEO Dorsey Says Square Will Accept Bitcoin
15. 11 Best Banking Ads of 2013
16. Apple to Launch Pilot Program For Merchant Partnership
17. Apple, Nordstrom in Talks to Partner on Payments
18. Apple Considered Buying Discover, Sources Say
19. 31 Best Financial Services Taglines of All Time
20. 11 Best Banking TV Ads of 2013
21. Visa, MasterCard in Talks with Mobile Wallets for ‘Cardholder Present’ Rate
22. 2013 Innovators to Watch: 44 Executives Shaping The Future of Banking
23. Which Mobile Payments Competitor Frustrates PayPal the Most?
24. GoBank Adds Friction to Its Account-Opening Process
25. Square, PayPal Expected to Work with Apple on Payments, Sources Say