digital wallets

Marketplaces Focus on Loyalty Programs for Media and Telecom Sectors
Marketplaces Focus on Loyalty Programs for Media and Telecom Sectors
March 20, 2024  |  Loyalty & Rewards

Media and telecom organizations are working with payment facilitators (PayFacs), independent software vendors (ISVs) or marketplaces to make embedded finance part of their business models....

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Instant Financial Debuts App for Faster Earned Wage Access
Instant Financial Debuts App for Faster Earned Wage Access
March 19, 2024  |  Faster Payments

Earned wage access firm Instant Financial released a new mobile app and updated mobile wallet. “Understanding that over 50% of Americans would likely avoid major financial pitfalls...

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The Apple Pay Threat Facing Banks
The Apple Pay Threat Facing Banks
March 18, 2024  |  Apple Pay

A friend was preparing for a once-in-a-lifetime yoga retreat to a fancy resort in Malaysia. The trip was a long one with stopovers in Qatar...

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Report: An Uncertain Economy Weighs on Embedded Finance Innovation for Marketplaces
Report: An Uncertain Economy Weighs on Embedded Finance Innovation for Marketplaces
March 15, 2024  |  Payments Innovation

Logistics and wholesale trade businesses exhibit robust demand for embedded finance innovations. For example, most payment facilitators (PayFacs), independent software vendors (ISVs) and marketplaces are...

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TouchTunes Unveils Mobile Wallet for In-Venue Entertainment
TouchTunes Unveils Mobile Wallet for In-Venue Entertainment
March 14, 2024  |  Mobile Wallets

Interactive music/entertainment platform TouchTunes is entering the mobile payment arena. The company on Thursday (March 14) announced the launch of FunWallet, its cashless mobile payment platform that lets...

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Would You Sell Your House for Bitcoin? People Do
Would You Sell Your House for Bitcoin? People Do
March 14, 2024  |  Cryptocurrency

It is 2024, and the $2.9 trillion cryptocurrency sector doesn’t appear to be going anywhere. That’s despite a 2022 and 2023 that saw the total market capitalization shrink...

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Consumers Spend More at Restaurants When Using Digital Wallets
Consumers Spend More at Restaurants When Using Digital Wallets
March 14, 2024  |  Digital Payments

Digital wallets — such as Apple Pay and Google Pay, which use near-field communication tags, and Amazon Pay and PayPal, which use QR codes —...

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Operational Innovations Drive Software Publishing Marketplaces
Operational Innovations Drive Software Publishing Marketplaces
March 13, 2024  |  Innovation

The software publishing industry is in a state of flux right now as it embraces embedded finance to facilitate new growth — and many payment...

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Commonwealth Bank CEO: Apple Needs ‘More Scrutiny in Australia’
Commonwealth Bank CEO: Apple Needs ‘More Scrutiny in Australia’
March 11, 2024  |  Apple

The head of Australia’s Commonwealth Bank says Apple’s in-country payments operations need greater oversight. “They should be subjected to a lot more scrutiny in Australia,” said Matt Comyn, whose comments at a...

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