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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Plaid Rolls Out Identity Verification Across Apps and Services
Plaid Rolls Out Identity Verification Across Apps and Services
June 08, 2023  |  Authentication

Plaid now enables consumers to verify their identity across all Plaid-powered apps and services. The open banking platform has modified its Identity Verification product so that previously verified...

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Infor and TipQwik Partner to Streamline Hotel Tipping
Infor and TipQwik Partner to Streamline Hotel Tipping
June 05, 2023  |  Partnerships

Software firm Infor has teamed with TipQwik to offer hotel guests more tipping options. The partnership lets customers using Infor’s Hospitality Management System (HMS) customers offer guests the ability to give...

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Gen Z Consumers Give Banks Less Than a Passing Grade on Bank Authentication
Gen Z Consumers Give Banks Less Than a Passing Grade on Bank Authentication
May 26, 2023  |  Security & Fraud

When consumers think about how secure their bank accounts are, that can trigger a powerful emotional response to what is ultimately a matter of bank-grade...

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FinTech Mollie Adds Terminal to Growing In-Person Payments Offering
FinTech Mollie Adds Terminal to Growing In-Person Payments Offering
May 24, 2023  |  Payment Methods

European FinTech Mollie has launched an in-person payments solution called Mollie Terminal. The introduction of Mollie Terminal is part of the company’s drive to enhance its in-person...

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Melio Launches B2B Payments Mobile App for Small Businesses
Melio Launches B2B Payments Mobile App for Small Businesses
May 09, 2023  |  SMBs

Melio has launched a mobile app that helps small businesses make and track B2B payments while on the go. The new app, which is now...

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Stripe and WhatsApp Enable Payments in Chats in Singapore
Stripe and WhatsApp Enable Payments in Chats in Singapore
May 09, 2023  |  Partnerships

Stripe and WhatsApp have partnered to enable Singapore businesses to accept payments in WhatsApp chats. With Stripe Connect and Stripe Checkout integrated into WhatsApp, Singapore...

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Is M-Pesa Missing Link to Accelerating Kenya’s Real-Time Payments Adoption?
Is M-Pesa Missing Link to Accelerating Kenya’s Real-Time Payments Adoption?
May 05, 2023  |  Real-Time Payments

Kenya is known as the home of mobile payment system M-Pesa, and it is also one of the few African countries to have made significant...

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Block’s Cash App Hits 53 Million Monthly Active Users, Direct Deposits up 69%
Block’s Cash App Hits 53 Million Monthly Active Users, Direct Deposits up 69%
May 05, 2023  |  Mobile Payments

Block, the parent company of Square, posted earnings results illustrating the evolution of a financial services ecosystem — with Cash App at the center. A...

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Fiserv TXT2PAY Gives Software Platforms New Conversational Commerce Tools
Fiserv TXT2PAY Gives Software Platforms New Conversational Commerce Tools
May 05, 2023  |  Payment Methods

Texting is ubiquitous.  Texting is, in many cases, real time — we open those digital missives almost as soon as we see them, and respond...

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