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

SF Giants: Return to In-Person Payments Demands Greater Omnichannel Efficiency
SF Giants: Return to In-Person Payments Demands Greater Omnichannel Efficiency
August 30, 2022  |  Consumer Payments

With eventgoers now expecting to be able to order and pay for their food and beverage purchases however they would like across physical and digital...

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Restaurants Leverage Back-of-House Tech to Boost Employee Retention
Restaurants Leverage Back-of-House Tech to Boost Employee Retention
August 29, 2022  |  Restaurant innovation

As restaurants look to weather ongoing labor challenges, many restaurant brands have noted that it is not hiring but retention wherein the heart of their...

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Meta Challenges Amazon, Walmart for Share of Indian eCommerce Market
Meta Challenges Amazon, Walmart for Share of Indian eCommerce Market
August 29, 2022  |  Retail

Meta has joined forces with Indian eCommerce company JioMart to give customers the chance to buy groceries within Meta’s WhatsApp chat. Users in India can...

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BLIK Goes International With VIAMO Acquisition
BLIK Goes International With VIAMO Acquisition
August 26, 2022  |  International

Polish Payment Standard (PPS), the operator of Poland’s popular mobile payment solution BLIK is set to acquire the Slovakian mobile transaction service provider VIAMO, marking...

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Apple Pay No Sure Bet as Contactless Cards Dominate
Apple Pay No Sure Bet as Contactless Cards Dominate
August 18, 2022  |  Payment Methods

For Apple Pay, the tipping point is here. Well, it might be here. Or, if you look at PYMNTS’ own findings, we’re just beginning that...

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PYMNTS Cryptocurrency Glossary: Stablecoins
PYMNTS Cryptocurrency Glossary: Stablecoins
August 11, 2022  |  Cryptocurrency

Cryptocurrency is a confusing business with a language all its own, in part because it is a genuinely new way of doing business and in...

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Wise, Plaid Launch Open Finance Partnership
Wise, Plaid Launch Open Finance Partnership
August 10, 2022  |  Partnerships

Money transfer service Wise and payments processing company Plaid have formed an open finance agreement to help customers move money across different financial institutions (FIs)....

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Apple Extends Apple Pay Capabilities to Malaysia
Apple Extends Apple Pay Capabilities to Malaysia
August 09, 2022  |  Apple

Apple customers in Malaysia can now make use of Apple Pay through their iPhone, Apple Watch, iPad and Mac, the tech giant announced in a...

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Mobile Telco Infrastructure Positions Côte d’Ivoire as Key FinTech Hub for Francophone Africa
Mobile Telco Infrastructure Positions Côte d’Ivoire as Key FinTech Hub for Francophone Africa
August 09, 2022  |  Mobile Payments

Home to a string of popular FinTech unicorns and pan-African payment giants like Flutterwave, Interswitch and OPay, Nigeria’s tech startups often steal the headlines. However,...

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