Mobile Applications

What's a mobile app? A mobile app is a software program you can download and access directly using your phone or tablet or generally any touch screen device. Typically a mobile app is purchased or downloaded through an app store or can be side loaded on various platforms.

App Annie: Consumers Set Record With $32 Billion On In-App Purchases In Q1
App Annie: Consumers Set Record With $32 Billion On In-App Purchases In Q1
March 31, 2021  |  Mobile Applications

Mobile phone users spent $32 billion on in-app purchases in the first quarter of this year, according to an App Annie report. That amounts to...

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Discord Rolls Out Clubhouse-Esque Audio Feature
Discord Rolls Out Clubhouse-Esque Audio Feature
March 31, 2021  |  Mobile Applications

Messaging app Discord has rolled out a new feature letting users hold live events for audiences in a manner similar to how audio chat app...

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Inaugural Cryptocurrency App Ranking A Tangle Of Tied Scores
Inaugural Cryptocurrency App Ranking A Tangle Of Tied Scores
March 31, 2021  |  Mobile Applications

Call it inevitability. There was always going to be a PYMNTS Provider Ranking of Cryptocurrency Apps. It was simply a matter of timing, like the...

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Brazilian Central Bank Gives Green Light To WhatsApp Payments
Brazilian Central Bank Gives Green Light To WhatsApp Payments
March 30, 2021  |  International

Facebook’s WhatsApp will now be able to let users send and receive payments in Brazil after receiving approval from the country’s central bank Tuesday (March...

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Mobile Savings App Beam Refunds Deposits; Shut Down By FTC
Mobile Savings App Beam Refunds Deposits; Shut Down By FTC
March 29, 2021  |  Legal

Mobile savings app Beam has shut down after reaching a tentative settlement with the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) over a case last year in which...

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No Movement Among Top Travel Apps In New PYMNTS Provider Ranking
No Movement Among Top Travel Apps In New PYMNTS Provider Ranking
March 26, 2021  |  Mobile Applications

Like the best flights, the latest PYMNTS Provider Ranking of Travel Apps is going to be brief this month — because not one has moved a...

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Fitness Apps Sweating Changes In Latest Provider Ranking
Fitness Apps Sweating Changes In Latest Provider Ranking
March 25, 2021  |  Mobile Applications

No, the “COVID 19 pounds” many of us packed on (thanks a lot, mobile order-ahead and streaming apps) are not going to melt away on...

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Insurance Apps Ranked And Rated In Latest PYMNTS Provider Ranking
Insurance Apps Ranked And Rated In Latest PYMNTS Provider Ranking
March 24, 2021  |  Mobile Applications

Have you noticed there are more cars on the road again? And that folks are starting to venture out of their homes and into other...

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QSRs Use AI To Beat Mobile Order-Ahead Fraudsters
QSRs Use AI To Beat Mobile Order-Ahead Fraudsters
March 24, 2021  |  Security & Fraud

The fraudsters have found a quick fix with quick services — restaurants, that is. The enduring and increasing popularity of mobile order-ahead (MOA) apps has...

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