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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MOCA Financial Names Ex-Visa Exec Shawn Sinner as President, CRO
MOCA Financial Names Ex-Visa Exec Shawn Sinner as President, CRO
June 01, 2022  |  Personnel

Ex-Visa executive Shawn Sinner will take the reins as president and chief revenue officer for MOCA, which provides mobile-first digital accounts on its card-based platform,...

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Merchants Forced to Adapt as eCommerce Moves to Mobile
Merchants Forced to Adapt as eCommerce Moves to Mobile
June 01, 2022  |  Digital Payments

Consumers are spending more time shopping on digital devices — none more than the ubiquitous mobile device, leading to the coinage of a new term:...

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Tourism-Centric F&B Businesses Adopt Frictionless Payments to Accommodate Seasonal Rush
Tourism-Centric F&B Businesses Adopt Frictionless Payments to Accommodate Seasonal Rush
May 27, 2022  |  Faster Payments

While some bars and restaurants operate on a year-round model, expecting some seasonal variation but more or less working the same way from month to...

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New Study: Digital Changing How World Shops, Pays and Banks — At Differing Speeds
New Study: Digital Changing How World Shops, Pays and Banks — At Differing Speeds
May 26, 2022  |  Connected Economy

We’re mobile and digital and operating in a connected economy that moves at 5G (and in a few years 6G) speeds, yet the digital transformation...

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Digital Wallet Coingrig Users Can Link to Bank Accounts
Digital Wallet Coingrig Users Can Link to Bank Accounts
May 25, 2022  |  Digital-First Banking

Digital wallet Coingrig has integrated Nordigen’s open banking platform in a move the companies say will “increase the ease of bank connectivity to their digital...

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B2B Payments Infrastructure Firm TransferMate Valued at $1B
B2B Payments Infrastructure Firm TransferMate Valued at $1B
May 23, 2022  |  B2B Payments

Dublin-based B2B payments infrastructure firm TransferMate has raised $70 million in new funding, valuing the company at $1 billion. According to a company news release...

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Grab Results Show Super Apps Taking Hold
Grab Results Show Super Apps Taking Hold
May 19, 2022  |  Connected Economy

Call it the super app halo effect — maybe a long-lasting one, perhaps it’s only temporary. Grab Holding’s latest earnings report helped fuel a 25%...

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Musk: My Twitter Would Be WeChat-Style Super App with Payments Key
Musk: My Twitter Would Be WeChat-Style Super App with Payments Key
May 19, 2022  |  Commerce Connected

Tesla CEO and the world’s richest man, Elon Musk, doesn’t want to fix Twitter, he wants to fix social media. And that means adding payments....

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WhatsApp Offers Pay Button in Brazil, India
WhatsApp Offers Pay Button in Brazil, India
May 18, 2022  |  Payment Methods

Meta Platforms-owned messaging platform WhatsApp says it wants to make it easier for users in Brazil and India to make payments with a new “Pay”...

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