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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Alipay and WeChat Pay Add Links to Visa and Mastercard
Alipay and WeChat Pay Add Links to Visa and Mastercard
July 21, 2023  |  Payment Methods

Visitors to China can now link their Visa and Mastercard accounts to the country’s most popular mobile payment applications, Alipay and WeChat Pay. Ant Group, the operator of Alipay, said Friday (July...

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Worldline Introduces End-to-End Mobility Payments Solution
Worldline Introduces End-to-End Mobility Payments Solution
July 20, 2023  |  Payment Methods

Worldline has launched an end-to-end solution to provide an enhanced, seamless and secure payment experience for mobility operators and their customers. The new Mobility Payments Suite offers a...

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ACI Worldwide and Dock Bring ‘Acquiring-as-a-Service’ to Brazil
ACI Worldwide and Dock Bring ‘Acquiring-as-a-Service’ to Brazil
July 19, 2023  |  Partnerships

ACI Worldwide says it wants to bring “Acquiring-as-a-Service” to the Brazilian market. To that end, the real-time payments software company has teamed with Dock, a...

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Apple Introduces Tap to Pay on iPhone for Contactless Payments in the UK
Apple Introduces Tap to Pay on iPhone for Contactless Payments in the UK
July 13, 2023  |  Apple

Apple has begun offering its Tap to Pay on iPhone feature to merchants in the U.K. The new offering, announced Thursday (July 13), lets merchants...

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Report: African Startup Union54 Plans September Launch of Super App
Report: African Startup Union54 Plans September Launch of Super App
June 30, 2023  |  Mobile Payments

African startup Union54 is reportedly developing a super app that may launch in September. The new ChitChat app aims to provide secure messaging, dollar-based virtual...

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PayPal Bets on Tap to Pay to Drive Everyday Spend to Small Businesses
PayPal Bets on Tap to Pay to Drive Everyday Spend to Small Businesses
June 28, 2023  |  Digital Payments

Many consumers would be lost without their phones, as the world increasingly fits in the palm of a hand — at least the crucial everyday...

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Mobile Wallet Use Is Poised for Permanence and Grew From Pandemic Behavioral Changes
Mobile Wallet Use Is Poised for Permanence and Grew From Pandemic Behavioral Changes
June 27, 2023  |  Mobile Wallets

The next installment of PYMNTS’ mini-series based around consumer behavior that began during the pandemic focuses on mobile wallets. Certain consumer preferences that are now...

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60% of Consumers Use Digital Wallets for Bill Payments
60% of Consumers Use Digital Wallets for Bill Payments
June 26, 2023  |  Mobile Wallets

Consumers are increasingly adopting mobile wallets to remove friction from payments. For PYMNTS’ study “Digital Bill Payments: Frequent Mobile Wallet Bill Pay Users the Most...

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PYMNTS Study: eCommerce Consumers Want Payments Choice and Data Security
PYMNTS Study: eCommerce Consumers Want Payments Choice and Data Security
June 09, 2023  |  eCommerce

After a stellar run through the pandemic, eCommerce was humbled as consumers flocked back to physical stores in 2022 and 2023. The wheel is turning...

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