digital wallets

Deep Dive: How Merchants Can Tap Payment Rails To Craft Swift, Connected Payments For Consumers
Deep Dive: How Merchants Can Tap Payment Rails To Craft Swift, Connected Payments For Consumers
February 18, 2021  |  Consumer Payments

The pandemic has markedly accelerated the move to online shopping, with a PYMNTS report indicating that 47 percent of U.S. consumers living in urban areas...

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Google Maps Integrates Parking, Transit Payments
Google Maps Integrates Parking, Transit Payments
February 17, 2021  |  Mobile Wallets

Google Maps is integrating with Google Pay to give users the ability to cover parking, highway tolls, public transportation and more, according to a Google...

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Digital Issuance Presents Card Upgrade Opportunity For Banks And CUs
Digital Issuance Presents Card Upgrade Opportunity For Banks And CUs
February 15, 2021  |  Credit Unions

High-touch experiences are less than desirable in most any area of commerce in the pandemic era. In fact, PYMNTS research shows more than three-quarters of...

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BitPay Rolls Out Apple Pay Support For US Prepaid Cardholders
BitPay Rolls Out Apple Pay Support For US Prepaid Cardholders
February 12, 2021  |  Cryptocurrency

U.S. cardholders of the BitPay Prepaid Mastercard can now add their cards to their Apple Wallets and make purchases with Apple Pay.

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Don’t Call It A Comeback: Pandemic Drives Accelerated Usage Of QR Codes
Don’t Call It A Comeback: Pandemic Drives Accelerated Usage Of QR Codes
February 09, 2021  |  Payment Methods

QR codes are back, but then again, they never really went away. Toyota Motor Corp. created QR codes in 1994 as a way to track parts...

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New Data: Twice As Many Online Shoppers Believe Credit Cards Are More Secure Than Debit Cards
New Data: Twice As Many Online Shoppers Believe Credit Cards Are More Secure Than Debit...
January 28, 2021  |  Credit Cards

It is well known that shoppers tend to behave differently online than they do in brick-and-mortar stores — and this extends to how they choose to...

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Deep Dive: How Rewards Programs Can Fuel Customer Spending
Deep Dive: How Rewards Programs Can Fuel Customer Spending
January 26, 2021  |  Restaurant innovation

Starbucks has a winning recipe when it comes to taking care of its customers. The Seattle-based coffee giant’s loyalty program has 19 million active members...

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Malaysian eWallet Provider TNG Digital Looks To Raise $150 Million For Expansion
Malaysian eWallet Provider TNG Digital Looks To Raise $150 Million For Expansion
January 21, 2021  |  Investments

TNG Digital, the venture launched by China’s Ant Group and Malaysia’s Commerce International Merchant Bankers (CIMB), is in talks to raise $150 million to fund...

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Mobile Wallet Provider Mynt Pulls In $175 Million In Funding
Mobile Wallet Provider Mynt Pulls In $175 Million In Funding
January 12, 2021  |  Mobile Commerce

Globe Fintech Innovations of the Philippines, the FinTech arm of Globe Telecom and the operator of the mobile wallet GCash, has landed $175 million in...

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