Mobile Payments

A mobile payment is a money payment made for a product or service through a portable electronic device such as a tablet or cell phone. Mobile payment technology can also be used to send money to friends or family members, such as with the applications PayPal and Venmo.

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Fiserv: What It Will Take For Business To Finally Get Rid Of The Paper Check
Fiserv: What It Will Take For Business To Finally Get Rid Of The Paper Check
August 13, 2020  |  Payments Innovation

U.S. consumers don’t exactly love the paper check — roughly 38 percent report that they’ve stopped using them entirely, and that shoots up to almost...

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In Germany, Cold Hard Cash Still the Way to Pay
In Germany, Cold Hard Cash Still the Way to Pay
August 12, 2020  |  Cash

Amid the great digital shift, there are still pockets of commerce — and even entire countries — where cash is king. As detailed by NPR, though at...

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Lyft Highlights Improving July Figures After Q2 Ridership Plunges
Lyft Highlights Improving July Figures After Q2 Ridership Plunges
August 12, 2020  |  Earnings

Ride-hailing firm Lyft said Wednesday (Aug. 12) that its active ridership plunged 60 percent year over year during Q2 due to the coronavirus pandemic, but...

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Dosh Expands Card-Linked Offer Platform
Dosh Expands Card-Linked Offer Platform
August 12, 2020  |  Retail

Dosh, the company that bills itself as the fastest-growing cash-back, card-linked offer platform, is expanding its retail-based solution to the financial services business. The announcement...

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COVID-19 Has Devastated SMBs, But It Might Make Their Insurance Policies Better
COVID-19 Has Devastated SMBs, But It Might Make Their Insurance Policies Better
August 12, 2020  |  B2B Payments

For decades, the insurance industry is quite literally a lifeline for those affected by unfortunate events. As service providers in the business of disasters and...

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DraftKings: Why Sportsbook Is The Ticket To The Everywhere Fan Experience
DraftKings: Why Sportsbook Is The Ticket To The Everywhere Fan Experience
August 12, 2020  |  Merchant Innovation

With live sports and entertainment still mostly on hold, fans are getting their sports fix by betting on it. Dan Hannigan-Daley, director of sportsbook product...

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Why FedNow, Postal Banking Might Find Spotlight in November Election
Why FedNow, Postal Banking Might Find Spotlight in November Election
August 11, 2020  |  Financial Inclusion

The presidential race is now, finally, and fully, on. And, so, too, is the parlor game of guessing what happens if the current administration gives...

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Big Tech Compliance Tracker: Australia Wants Facebook And Google To Pay News Publishers
Big Tech Compliance Tracker: Australia Wants Facebook And Google To Pay News Publishers
August 11, 2020  |  Tracker Series

Facebook, Alphabet/Google, Apple and Amazon are under the microscope these days as politicians and regulators the world over accuse them of anticompetitive behaviors. In our new Big...

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Deep Dive: Why Legacy Payment, Disbursement Issues Compound The Millennial Investing Gap
Deep Dive: Why Legacy Payment, Disbursement Issues Compound The Millennial Investing Gap
August 11, 2020  |  Disbursements

The investment industry managed to weather the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic with few major issues, even as initial stock market declines led to dips in...

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