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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Today In Data: The ‘Two Steps Forward, One Step Back’ Dance In Payments And Commerce

Today In Data: The ‘Two Steps Forward, One Step Back’ Dance In Payments And Commerce
Today In Data: The ‘Two Steps Forward, One Step Back’ Dance In Payments And Commerce
December 12, 2018  |  Today In Data

While progress is always ongoing in payments and commerce, its path isn’t always straightforward or even. In China, mobile payments adoption has been racing forward,...

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How Five Retailers Are Catering To Smartphone Shoppers
How Five Retailers Are Catering To Smartphone Shoppers
December 12, 2018  |  Retail

Consumers are tethered to their smartphones, and their affinity for connected devices extends into commerce – they are using these tools when they go shopping,...

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ShopKeep Closes $65M Growth Round
ShopKeep Closes $65M Growth Round
December 11, 2018  |  Investments

ShopKeep, a tablet-to-cloud and point-of-sale (POS) payment platform for retailers and restaurants, has closed a $65 million round of equity and debt financing, according to...

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How Digital Will Change Brick-and-Mortar In 2019
How Digital Will Change Brick-and-Mortar In 2019
December 11, 2018  |  Retail

Give a deep and welcoming hello to the newest form of window shopping — a consumer behavior that will help to shape retail in 2019...

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Mastercard, Cardstream Team To Promote UK Digital Payments
Mastercard, Cardstream Team To Promote UK Digital Payments
December 11, 2018  |  Digital Payments

Cardstream, the U.K. provider of white-label payment software and services, announced on Tuesday (Dec. 11) the launch of a new initiative that is aimed at accelerating...

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EU Reg Could Probe Apple Pay For Market Dominance
EU Reg Could Probe Apple Pay For Market Dominance
December 10, 2018  |  Apple Pay

Regulators in the European Union looked at Apple Pay, the company’s mobile payment system, and came to a conclusion about its market dominance, according to...

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Data Dive, Trying New Things Edition: Walmart, Amazon And EU Card Fees
Data Dive, Trying New Things Edition: Walmart, Amazon And EU Card Fees
December 10, 2018  |  Today In Data

Poet William Cowper famously wrote in his 1787 poem “The Task” that “variety is the spice of life.” And while change-resistant humans are often a bit...

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Singtel Adds Payment Options To Dash; Metro Bank Upgrades Mobile App
Singtel Adds Payment Options To Dash; Metro Bank Upgrades Mobile App
December 10, 2018  |  Global Payments

Welcome to The Axis, your late look at payments news from around the world. Coverage includes Singapore’s Singtel rollout of international payment options in its...

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