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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Money 20/20, CARTES Roundup: Data Security, Mobile Payments Innovations And More
Money 20/20, CARTES Roundup: Data Security, Mobile Payments Innovations And More
November 04, 2014  |  Events

While there’s been an overflow of Apple Pay chatter in the industry, the 7,500-plus attendees at Money 20/20 in Las Vegas and 20,000-plus attendees at CARTES SECURE...

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Facebook Won’t Be Getting Into Payments On Its Own
Facebook Won’t Be Getting Into Payments On Its Own
October 29, 2014  |  Mobile

Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg laid out his company’s three, five and 10-year-plans Tuesday (Oct. 28), and none of those plans involved Facebook launching its own payments...

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Twitter Struggling To Articulate Its Payments Strategy
Twitter Struggling To Articulate Its Payments Strategy
October 28, 2014  |  Mobile

It’s no secret Twitter wants to be the next big player in E-commerce, but it is a mystery, at least to those listening in to...

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Pay With Open Table Cuts Bill Wait In D.C.
Pay With Open Table Cuts Bill Wait In D.C.
October 15, 2014  |  Mobile

By nature Washington, D.C., is a fast-paced population who like restaurants but don’t like to wait. With the launch of Pay with Open Table mobile...

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Among (The Few) M-Pay Users, NFC  Is Popular
Among (The Few) M-Pay Users, NFC Is Popular
September 16, 2014  |  Merchant Innovation

NFC is not quite the method of mobile payments most users are most familiar.  That honor still goes to the QR code or barcode which...

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Most Mobile Apps Will Fail Security Test Next Year
Most Mobile Apps Will Fail Security Test Next Year
September 16, 2014  |  Mobile

Analyst firm Gartner has issued a report predicting that 75 percent of mobile apps, by next year, will flunk even most rudimentary of security requirements....

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Bill Gates Focused On Digital Payments For Poor
Bill Gates Focused On Digital Payments For Poor
September 15, 2014  |  Alternative Finances

Though there has been a lot of talk and media coverage about the tremendous potential mobile payments offer to the poor, underbanked and financially disenfranchised...

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