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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Kora’s Student Virtual Card Offers Cash-Back Rewards
Kora’s Student Virtual Card Offers Cash-Back Rewards
April 05, 2022  |  Loyalty & Rewards

College student-focused FinTech Kora on Tuesday (April 5) launched the Kora Rewards program, a partnership with digital advertising platform Cardlytics that allows Kora users to...

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Flexible Payouts Prove Tempting Way to Capture Loyalty of Latin American Gig Workers
Flexible Payouts Prove Tempting Way to Capture Loyalty of Latin American Gig Workers
April 05, 2022  |  Latin America

Consumers worldwide are reconsidering the way they do everything from pay bills to meet their job responsibilities in the aftermath of the global health crisis,...

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SIBS CEO: EU Digital Wallet Interoperability Will Reduce Dependence on ‘Rigid’ Global Networks
SIBS CEO: EU Digital Wallet Interoperability Will Reduce Dependence on ‘Rigid’ Global Networks
April 04, 2022  |  Cross-border Payments

“Very dependent on global networks.” That’s how Madalena Cascais Tomé, CEO of Portugal-based payments firm SIBS, described cross-border mobile payments across Europe — a challenge...

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Cellulant: ‘Card Is Not King’ in Africa, Where Most Consumers, Merchants Prefer Alternatives
Cellulant: ‘Card Is Not King’ in Africa, Where Most Consumers, Merchants Prefer Alternatives
April 01, 2022  |  Digital Payments

Like many technology businesses that have been in operation for several years, Kenya-based payments firm Cellulant has had to adapt its business model and strategy...

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Mobile Devices Are Tool of Choice for One-Third of Consumers’ Online Shopping
Mobile Devices Are Tool of Choice for One-Third of Consumers’ Online Shopping
March 24, 2022  |  Mobile Payments

When consumers make online purchases of food items, retail products, groceries or travel services, a growing share of them are doing it on mobile devices....

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CPI Card Group Debuts Mobile Wallet Tool
CPI Card Group Debuts Mobile Wallet Tool
March 23, 2022  |  Mobile Wallets

Payments technology company CPI Card Group Inc. has debuted its Push Provisioning service, the Colorado company said in a news release Wednesday (March 23). The...

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Interoperability, Roaming Key for EU Mobile Payment Schemes to Compete Globally
Interoperability, Roaming Key for EU Mobile Payment Schemes to Compete Globally
March 23, 2022  |  Payment Methods

Competition in the global mobile payment market has intensified in recent years with the emergence of strong Chinese players that are looking to grab a...

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Brazil Is a Carnival of LatAm Digital Payments Innovation
Brazil Is a Carnival of LatAm Digital Payments Innovation
March 21, 2022  |  Digital Payments

Brazil gave us the samba and the sizzle of Rio de Janeiro, but it also serves as Latin America’s hotbed of payments innovation, with a...

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Report: 90% of Latam Millennials Have Access to Digital Payments
Report: 90% of Latam Millennials Have Access to Digital Payments
March 18, 2022  |  Digital Payments

Banks and merchants trying to capture the hearts and wallets of digital-first generations in Latin American countries are finding that younger consumers have come to...

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