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.

Source: investopedia.com

Mobile Checkout Brings Ease of eCommerce Payments Into Stores
Mobile Checkout Brings Ease of eCommerce Payments Into Stores
December 01, 2022  |  Retail

Payments innovators are pushing past omnichannel retailing to meld POS-capable channels tied to databases. It’s a unified commerce approach that brings capabilities like checkout anywhere...

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Spain’s Bizum Banks on Point of Sale Expansion to Drive Growth
Spain’s Bizum Banks on Point of Sale Expansion to Drive Growth
December 01, 2022  |  Mobile Payments

Since its launch in 2016, Bizum has become an integral part of Spain’s payment ecosystem. But although the mobile payment system boasts over 22 million...

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Jingle Pay Launches Mastercard for Unbanked UAE Residents
Jingle Pay Launches Mastercard for Unbanked UAE Residents
November 29, 2022  |  Financial Inclusion

Jingle Pay has partnered with Mastercard to issue physical and virtual cards to users of its financial app. The Dubai-based FinTech said in a Tuesday...

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Elon Musk Super Far From Goal of Twitter Super App
Elon Musk Super Far From Goal of Twitter Super App
November 29, 2022  |  Connected Economy

The idea of creating a super app is hardly new, and won’t be easy for Twitter. “Buying Twitter is an accelerant to creating X, the...

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Venmo Offers Help for High Inflation Holidays
Venmo Offers Help for High Inflation Holidays
November 22, 2022  |  Mobile Payments

With Americans preparing to enter a holiday shopping season they might not be able to afford, Venmo has debuted a pair of tools it says...

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More Restaurant Customers Want and Expect Tableside Payments
More Restaurant Customers Want and Expect Tableside Payments
November 18, 2022  |  ResTech

As technology takes over the restaurant industry, even full-service restaurants (FSRs) are facing increasing consumer expectations of digital efficiency. Chris Simms, founder and CEO of...

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PepsiCo Adds Ghost Kitchen Side Hustle to Drive Foodservice Sales
PepsiCo Adds Ghost Kitchen Side Hustle to Drive Foodservice Sales
November 17, 2022  |  Restaurant innovation

At a time when many consumers are adding second jobs to augment their income, it seems PepsiCo is looking to supplement its core beverages and snack foods...

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API Marketplaces Boost Economic Growth, Accelerate Digitization of Africa’s Informal Sector
API Marketplaces Boost Economic Growth, Accelerate Digitization of Africa’s Informal Sector
November 17, 2022  |  Digital Payments

From funding development projects to enabling trade, banks not only play a central role in fostering economic growth across the African region. Financial institutions (FIs)...

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Digitization of Rail Transport Enables Seamless Journeys for Europe’s Passengers
Digitization of Rail Transport Enables Seamless Journeys for Europe’s Passengers
November 15, 2022  |  Payments Innovation

Just like consumers now expect to be able to book a single journey with multiple airlines in one transaction, rail booking platforms like Trainline and...

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