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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How Independent Restaurants Can Avoid the Discount Trap
How Independent Restaurants Can Avoid the Discount Trap
March 07, 2023  |  Restaurant innovation

Times have been tough for owner-operator and other small business restaurants, even as hospitality sector employment bounces back from its pandemic-era crash. Inflation continues to drive consumers towards groceries...

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Uber Offers Mobile Ordering to Tampa Airport Travelers
Uber Offers Mobile Ordering to Tampa Airport Travelers
March 07, 2023  |  Delivery

Uber says it wants to help travelers in Tampa grab a bite before their flight. The company’s Uber Eats business has joined forces with Tampa International Airport to...

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Ooredoo and Huawei Partner on Mobile Money in MENA Region
Ooredoo and Huawei Partner on Mobile Money in MENA Region
March 06, 2023  |  Financial Inclusion

Ooredoo and Huawei have partnered on mobile money in the Middle East and North Africa. This collaboration will provide Huawei’s FinTech and mobile money platform...

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Meep and LISNR Partner on Contactless Authentications for Transit Operators
Meep and LISNR Partner on Contactless Authentications for Transit Operators
March 06, 2023  |  Transportation

Meep and LISNR have partnered on contactless authentications for bus, train and transit operators. This collaboration adds LISNR’s proximity verification technology to Meep’s mobility-as-a-service (MaaS)...

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Wix and Stripe Enable Contactless Payments via iPhone
Wix and Stripe Enable Contactless Payments via iPhone
March 06, 2023  |  Payment Methods

Wix and Stripe have partnered to enable merchants to accept contactless payments with an iPhone. With this new Tap to Pay on iPhone offering, merchants...

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Western Union Turns to MFS to Expand Global Money Transfers
Western Union Turns to MFS to Expand Global Money Transfers
March 05, 2023  |  Mobile Payments

Western Union has teamed with MFS Africa to allow mobile money transfers across the continent. The partnership will allow Western Union users in 200 countries...

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Spotify Says Payments Choice Critical to Growing Global Streaming Market Share
Spotify Says Payments Choice Critical to Growing Global Streaming Market Share
March 01, 2023  |  Payment Methods

A successful payment is music to the ears of consumers and corporations involved in streaming entertainment, so for global brands in the space, there’s no...

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What the Future of Money Looks Like on Washington’s Birthday
What the Future of Money Looks Like on Washington’s Birthday
February 18, 2023  |  Payments Innovation

Money is evolving beyond Jeffersons, Jacksons and Benjamins, as digital solutions transform the landscape. This, as more than 4 in 10 Americans (41%) say they...

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Checkout Friction Hampers In-Store Digital Wallet Adoption
Checkout Friction Hampers In-Store Digital Wallet Adoption
February 17, 2023  |  Payment Methods

The FinTech that makes digital wallets as convenient for in-store transactions as they are for online transactions may have a runaway winner on their hands....

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