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.

PayPal Apologizes for Threat of Fines Over ‘Misinformation’
PayPal Apologizes for Threat of Fines Over ‘Misinformation’
October 10, 2022  |  Regulation

PayPal is apologizing for what it says is “confusion” over a new policy that threatened to fine customers and merchants for sharing what the company...

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Caesars Sportsbook Adds Instant Payouts as Online Gaming Apps Seek Competitive Advantage
Caesars Sportsbook Adds Instant Payouts as Online Gaming Apps Seek Competitive Advantage
October 10, 2022  |  Disbursements

Back in March of 2021, when the pandemic was in its first full year of transforming consumer expectations about how they pay and get paid...

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Report: TikTok Owner ByteDance Saw Losses Triple in 2021
Report: TikTok Owner ByteDance Saw Losses Triple in 2021
October 06, 2022  |  Mobile Applications

ByteDance, the Chinese company that owns TikTok, saw its operating losses triple in 2021, ballooning to more than $7 billion as the company spent to...

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Subscriptions Push Premium Over Freemium Amid Rising Prices
Subscriptions Push Premium Over Freemium Amid Rising Prices
October 06, 2022  |  Retail

Apps dabbling in everything from retail to romance are charging for more features as way to generate new revenue streams from legions of “freemium” or...

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Do US Consumers Want a Super App?
Do US Consumers Want a Super App?
October 05, 2022  |  Retail

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MoneyGram Powers Remittances for UAE’s Jingle Pay App
MoneyGram Powers Remittances for UAE’s Jingle Pay App
October 04, 2022  |  Cross-border Payments

Money transfer service businesses MoneyGram International and Jingle Pay announced a partnership Tuesday (Oct. 4) to enable global money transfers through the Jingle Pay app....

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TikTok Taps TalkShopLive to Host US Live Shopping
TikTok Taps TalkShopLive to Host US Live Shopping
October 02, 2022  |  eCommerce

Social media platform TikTok is launching live shopping in North America — and in an attempt to avoid problems that afflicted the U.K. version of...

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Price-Pummeled Consumers Find Solace in HealthTech
Price-Pummeled Consumers Find Solace in HealthTech
October 01, 2022  |  Consumer Insights

If you’re feeling a bit more stressed out about making ends meet nowadays, there’s good reason. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock...

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DoorDash Holds Lead in Latest Aggregator Ranking
DoorDash Holds Lead in Latest Aggregator Ranking
September 30, 2022  |  Mobile Applications

Once again, DoorDash remains far and away the top-performing aggregator, with competitors not even coming close in this month’s edition of PYMNTS’ Provider Ranking of Aggregators....

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