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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letgo Lands $500M In New Capital From Naspers

letgo Lands $500M In New Capital From Naspers
letgo Lands $500M In New Capital From Naspers
August 09, 2018  |  Investments

letgo, the app to buy and sell locally, announced Wednesday (Aug. 8) that Naspers invested $500 million of new capital into the company. Get the...

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Mobile Apps And Gas: The Brand/Aggregator Brand Conundrum
Mobile Apps And Gas: The Brand/Aggregator Brand Conundrum
August 09, 2018  |  Today In Data

America, it has often been said, is a car culture. Perhaps because the first consumer automobiles rolled off Henry Ford’s assembly lines. Perhaps because, in...

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Beam Links Blockchain, Retail Mobile Payments
Beam Links Blockchain, Retail Mobile Payments
August 08, 2018  |  Blockchain

Global tech startup Beam Wallet is ready to launch a new mobile payment solution, which will link smartphones and blockchain technology to enable faster and simpler...

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Venmo Critics Cite Ongoing Privacy Concerns
Venmo Critics Cite Ongoing Privacy Concerns
August 08, 2018  |  Mobile Payments

As PayPal tries to turn Venmo into a mainstream payments app, there are concerns over consumer privacy. Get the Full Story Complete the form to...

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WePay’s Aberman: It’s Time For POS Dinosaurs To Die Out
WePay’s Aberman: It’s Time For POS Dinosaurs To Die Out
August 08, 2018  |  Retail

When it comes to the topic of future proofing, WePay Co-founder Rich Aberman told Karen Webster for this week’s edition of Unscripted Podcast, one should...

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Entersekt Finds Trust Can Help Banks Get Ahead In Mobile FinTech
Entersekt Finds Trust Can Help Banks Get Ahead In Mobile FinTech
August 08, 2018  |  Banking

As mobile commerce and apps become more sophisticated (cooler, perhaps), it can be easy to look down on the contribution of banks to this expanding...

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Worldnet Brings ‘Quickchip’ To POS; Lurraldebus Rolls Out Mobile Tickets
Worldnet Brings ‘Quickchip’ To POS; Lurraldebus Rolls Out Mobile Tickets
August 07, 2018  |  Global Payments

Welcome to The Axis, your late look at payments news from around the world. Coverage includes a mobile wallet pilot by Banco Agrario, Telefonica Colombia and...

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Today In Data: Slow And Steady Is The Pace
Today In Data: Slow And Steady Is The Pace
August 07, 2018  |  Today In Data

The preferred speed setting for everything in the era of cloud connectivity, mobile and digitization is “faster.” Suppliers want buyers to pay their invoices faster, employees want to be...

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