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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Streaming Platforms Leverage Mobile Payments to Entice MENA Customers
Streaming Platforms Leverage Mobile Payments to Entice MENA Customers
January 19, 2023  |  Mobile Payments

Streaming platforms are embracing mobile payments in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region. Around the world, localizing payment methods is key for streaming...

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Bill Pay Is the Killer App for Mobile Wallets … So Far
Bill Pay Is the Killer App for Mobile Wallets … So Far
January 19, 2023  |  Mobile Wallets

After getting off to a long, slow start, digital wallets are catching on in a big way. In the first challenge to the primacy of...

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BNPL Firm Tabby Raises $58M Series C for Expansion
BNPL Firm Tabby Raises $58M Series C for Expansion
January 18, 2023  |  Buy Now Pay Later

Dubai-based FinTech Tabby has raised $58 million in a Series C funding round. Sequoia Capital India, STV, PayPal Ventures, Mubadala Investment Capital, Arbor Ventures, and...

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IPCMobile Launches Single-Source Mobile POS Platform
IPCMobile Launches Single-Source Mobile POS Platform
January 17, 2023  |  Mobile Payments

IPCMobile has launched a mobile point-of-sale (POS) platform that includes hardware, software and pricing options from a single source. The new QuantumPay is designed to...

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New MENA Streaming Platform TOD Selects TPAY as Payments Partner
New MENA Streaming Platform TOD Selects TPAY as Payments Partner
January 16, 2023  |  Partnerships

TPAY Mobile will provide payment services to MENA-focused streaming platform TOD. The partnership, announced in a Monday (Jan. 16) press release, will allow TOD to...

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Credit Unions Find Bill Pay Is a Mobile Wallet Superpower
Credit Unions Find Bill Pay Is a Mobile Wallet Superpower
January 13, 2023  |  Mobile Wallets

Among consumers using digital wallets, and bill pay is outpacing actual purchases made with the apps. In fact, they are fast emerging as a “super...

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Mastercard: How Banking as a Service Will Scale in 2023 and Beyond 
Mastercard: How Banking as a Service Will Scale in 2023 and Beyond 
January 12, 2023  |  Digital-First Banking

“Banking as a service, and embedded finance, taken together — they just represent where the world is going.” As Sherri Haymond, executive vice president, Global...

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India’s UPI Paves Path for Global, Interoperable Real-Time Remittance Network
India’s UPI Paves Path for Global, Interoperable Real-Time Remittance Network
January 11, 2023  |  Cross-border Payments

India is paving the path to payments interoperability — not just across providers, but across borders. For payments to become truly ubiquitous — especially real-time...

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Tulip Adds Tap to Pay on iPhone to POS System
Tulip Adds Tap to Pay on iPhone to POS System
January 11, 2023  |  Mobile Payments

Tulip has added Tap to Pay on iPhone to its omnichannel point-of-sale (POS) system. Enabled by the company’s partnership with global FinTech platform Adyen, this...

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