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 Offers Software Firms Text-Based Payment Option
Fiserv Offers Software Firms Text-Based Payment Option
May 02, 2023  |  Payment Methods

Fiserv is letting software firms access the world of text-based payments. The payments and financial services company announced the offering for independent software vendors (ISVs)...

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Safaricom Launches Mobile Wallet and Mini App for Kenyan Students
Safaricom Launches Mobile Wallet and Mini App for Kenyan Students
April 28, 2023  |  Loans

Safaricom and Kenya’s Higher Education Loans Board (HELB) have partnered on a mobile wallet and a mini app. The new HELB Mobile Wallet will allow...

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Mobile and PC Users Use Different Payments Methods When Buying Groceries Online
Mobile and PC Users Use Different Payments Methods When Buying Groceries Online
April 25, 2023  |  Mobile Payments

Online grocery shoppers’ payment preferences differ considerably depending on their preferred device, PYMNTS research reveals. For “Quarterly Payments Report: Mobile Wallets Gain Ground,” a new...

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Square Debuts Android Tap to Pay for Merchants
Square Debuts Android Tap to Pay for Merchants
April 19, 2023  |  Mobile Payments

Square is giving merchants an easier way to make contactless payments. The commerce solutions provider has begun offering Tap to Pay on Android for sellers...

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Fiserv Eliminates The Wait for Physical Debit Cards
Fiserv Eliminates The Wait for Physical Debit Cards
April 18, 2023  |  Payment Methods

Payments firm Fiserv says it can eliminate the wait associated with new physical debit cards. The company announced Tuesday (April 18) that its capabilities let cardholders access new or...

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Poland’s Blik Expanding Mobile Payment Offering Across EU
Poland’s Blik Expanding Mobile Payment Offering Across EU
April 13, 2023  |  Mobile Payments

Polish mobile payments company Blik has reportedly begun an international expansion. The startup — whose popularity in its home country has matched that of Apple...

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Twitter Isn’t a Company Anymore; Can It Be a Super App?
Twitter Isn’t a Company Anymore; Can It Be a Super App?
April 12, 2023  |  Mobile Payments

Seamless, embedded payment capabilities are emerging as a critical growth flywheel for tech platforms. This, as Meta pilots in-app business payment capabilities for WhatsApp users...

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International CBDC Aims to Unify Fragmented Digital Currency Landscape
International CBDC Aims to Unify Fragmented Digital Currency Landscape
April 11, 2023  |  Payment Methods

The central bank digital currency (CBDC) field has become crowded, global in scope, and yet in many cases, fragmented. Generally speaking, in concept, the CBDC...

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Visa+ Gives Consumers Option to Send P2P Payments to Anyone
Visa+ Gives Consumers Option to Send P2P Payments to Anyone
April 11, 2023  |  Payment Methods

We’ve all done this dance.   You want to send money to another person — you have a Venmo account, but they don’t. They have a...

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