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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Restaurants Turn Their Focus to Pickup to Reach Gen Z
Restaurants Turn Their Focus to Pickup to Reach Gen Z
April 10, 2023  |  Restaurant innovation

With Generation Z disproportionately turning to pickup channels, restaurants are challenged to refine their offerings. By the Numbers According to data from PYMNTS’ study, “Connected...

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Kasheesh Adds Mobile Wallet Feature to Payment-Splitting Platform
Kasheesh Adds Mobile Wallet Feature to Payment-Splitting Platform
April 07, 2023  |  Mobile Payments

Kasheesh has launched a feature that lets consumers use its payment-splitting platform in physical stores. The new Mobile Wallet Dashboard allows users to generate a...

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Will FedNow’s July Launch Make Crypto and Stablecoins Redundant?
Will FedNow’s July Launch Make Crypto and Stablecoins Redundant?
April 03, 2023  |  Payment Methods

Digital is often a one-way street, and the finance sector appears to be taking it. This is as the future of money movement looks set...

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UK Antitrust Investigation of Apple Stopped After Appeal Win
UK Antitrust Investigation of Apple Stopped After Appeal Win
March 31, 2023  |  ANTITRUST

A United Kingdom regulator’s investigation of Apple has been halted. The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) had decided to investigate the supply of mobile browsers and browser...

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Merchants Say Defeating Checkout Friction Defines Retail’s New Reality
Merchants Say Defeating Checkout Friction Defines Retail’s New Reality
March 30, 2023  |  Retail

Want more loyal customers? Give them a smooth checkout experience and the payment options and shopping features they desire. It’s not rocket science, but it...

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Global Mobile Wallet Use Ticked Up 4% in Q3 With Peaks and Valleys Between Nations
Global Mobile Wallet Use Ticked Up 4% in Q3 With Peaks and Valleys Between Nations
March 22, 2023  |  Mobile Wallets

In measuring the digital transformation of some 30,000 consumers in 11 countries, collectively representing half of the global gross domestic product (GDP), PYMNTS finds that...

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AI Is the Glue That Will Bind Voice Assistants, Cars and Commerce
AI Is the Glue That Will Bind Voice Assistants, Cars and Commerce
March 20, 2023  |  Connected Economy

The connections already forged between consumers, their mobile devices, home speakers and voice assistants will forge the connections between conversational AI, cars and commerce conducted...

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Biometric Payment Cards Make a Comeback in Europe
Biometric Payment Cards Make a Comeback in Europe
March 13, 2023  |  Payment Methods

From tap-to-pay debit and credit cards to mobile smartphone wallets, contactless methods have been driving new waves of innovation in payments post-pandemic, buoyed by growing consumer demand...

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Mars Taps Store-Hailing for D2C Ice Cream Sales
Mars Taps Store-Hailing for D2C Ice Cream Sales
March 07, 2023  |  Retail

Mars is trialing hail-able mobile stores to offer on-demand D2C ice cream sales. The confectionery giant announced Tuesday (March 7) that it is partnering with Conjure, the...

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