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

Will Children Point The Way Forward For Wearables?

Will Children Point The Way Forward For Wearables?
Will Children Point The Way Forward For Wearables?
July 20, 2018  |  Retail

Children are the future — that’s just a biological fact, and the theme of an old Whitney Houston song. And when it comes to wearables,...

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The Challenges And Rewards Of Having Hundreds Of Local Payment Options
The Challenges And Rewards Of Having Hundreds Of Local Payment Options
July 19, 2018  |  Cross-border Payments

Change typically brings confusion and some level of chaos, and that’s true for merchants trying to win over foreign shoppers and master cross-border payments —...

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How Scan-And-Go Can Win Over Millennials
How Scan-And-Go Can Win Over Millennials
July 19, 2018  |  Mobile

Can younger consumers do to grocery checkouts what they have purportedly done to diamonds, voice phone calls and certain chain restaurants? That’s the hope of...

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Zelle Catches A Growth Wave, Threatening Venmo
Zelle Catches A Growth Wave, Threatening Venmo
July 17, 2018  |  Mobile

The Q2 earnings season has just kicked off, and it’s already helping shedding light on recent developments in the peer-to-peer (P2P) world — most notably,...

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Wirecard, Mastercard Expand Existing Partnership For Contactless Payments
Wirecard, Mastercard Expand Existing Partnership For Contactless Payments
July 17, 2018  |  Wearables

Wirecard and Mastercard announced plans to expand their existing partnership to promote digital, contactless payments via wearables. As of today (July 17), the expanded partnership...

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NFC-Enabled POS Terminals Numbered Nearly 25M Worldwide In 2017
NFC-Enabled POS Terminals Numbered Nearly 25M Worldwide In 2017
July 17, 2018  |  Point of Sale

A new report has found that the global installed base of point-of-sale (POS) terminals grew to almost 109 million units in 2017. Get the Full...

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Five At Five: PayPal’s New Investment Push
Five At Five: PayPal’s New Investment Push
July 16, 2018  |  News

Welcome to Five at Five, your late look at the day’s payments and commerce news. Besides the PayPal story, coverage includes the latest on Zelle...

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Today In Data: The Many Right Contexts For Commerce
Today In Data: The Many Right Contexts For Commerce
July 16, 2018  |  Today In Data

The era of contextual commerce is upon us  — though what exactly that means can vary. One brand’s successful foray into context can easily turn into another brand’s...

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