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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Higher Ed Moves To Front Of Class, Gov’ts Make Honor Roll In Great Digital Bill Pay Shift
Higher Ed Moves To Front Of Class, Gov’ts Make Honor Roll In Great Digital Bill...
August 20, 2021  |  Payment Methods

The digital transformation currently underway across industries has not only changed the way we pay but has transformed the way we interact with companies when...

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BitPay CFO: Crypto Here To Stay As People Have Big Incentives To Pay
BitPay CFO: Crypto Here To Stay As People Have Big Incentives To Pay
August 20, 2021  |  Cryptocurrency

Mainstream adoption of cryptocurrency is still some way off, partly because a lack of education — especially among older consumers — saps confidence. But when...

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New PYMNTS Data Show Voice-Enabled Commerce Is A Business Winner For 40 Pct Of Consumers
New PYMNTS Data Show Voice-Enabled Commerce Is A Business Winner For 40 Pct Of Consumers
August 15, 2021  |  Payment Methods

When it comes to making payments, moving money and the voice-activated devices that can facilitate those verbal transactions, the people have spoken.  Or …  at...

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Move It Or Lose It; Merchants Must Keep Melding To Evolving Digital Shift
Move It Or Lose It; Merchants Must Keep Melding To Evolving Digital Shift
August 11, 2021  |  Retail

Not long ago, the digital shift was something people speculated about. The tools were in place, the tech was in line and the only question...

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Flywire’s Payment Volume Surges 85 Pct As Pandemic Pressures Ease
Flywire’s Payment Volume Surges 85 Pct As Pandemic Pressures Ease
August 10, 2021  |  Earnings

Flywire, which focuses on high-value payments in healthcare, education and travel, reported Tuesday (Aug. 10) that its total payments volume soared 85 percent year over...

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API Links FinTechs To Fed Payment Rails
API Links FinTechs To Fed Payment Rails
August 09, 2021  |  Digital-First Banking

If done right, the expansion into high value, real-time B2B payments will be a “huge game changer,” Reserve Trust CEO Dave Wright told PYMNTS, pointing...

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CFOs Getting Pressed To Go Beyond Paper, Process Reductions With Digital Upgrades
CFOs Getting Pressed To Go Beyond Paper, Process Reductions With Digital Upgrades
August 09, 2021  |  B2B Payments

As finance chiefs take the reins on digitization, they’re beginning to shift their mindset and adjust the goal posts, as simply getting rid of paper...

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India’s Delivery App Zomato To Launch Payments Service
India’s Delivery App Zomato To Launch Payments Service
August 05, 2021  |  Digital Payments

Food delivery app Zomato is planning to debut a new FinTech experiment called Zomato Payments, VCCircle reported. Zomato, in a regulatory filing this week, said...

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Western Union Moves 910 Million Steps Closer To Fulfilling Its Global Connected Ecosystem Vision
Western Union Moves 910 Million Steps Closer To Fulfilling Its Global Connected Ecosystem Vision
August 05, 2021  |  Earnings

It was a two-for-one kind of day from Western Union. It released its Q2 earnings Wednesday (Aug. 4) alongside the announcement of its plans to sell Western...

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