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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West Africa’s Telco Infrastructure Lays The Groundwork For B2B Payments Modernization
West Africa’s Telco Infrastructure Lays The Groundwork For B2B Payments Modernization
August 03, 2021  |  B2B Payments

Infrastructure underpinned by technology is critical to modernizing the payments landscape of any market. In Francophone West Africa, the payments infrastructure remains well behind those...

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Mastercard Moves To Eliminate ‘Fiat Burden’ And Compliance Worries From Crypto Cards
Mastercard Moves To Eliminate ‘Fiat Burden’ And Compliance Worries From Crypto Cards
August 03, 2021  |  Payment Methods

To get crypto cards into the hands of the masses, to get them spending in commercial and retail use cases … well, the cards have...

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Low Cost, Real Time Cross Border Payments Set Sights On Credit Card-Linked Transfers
Low Cost, Real Time Cross Border Payments Set Sights On Credit Card-Linked Transfers
August 03, 2021  |  Faster Payments

The stage is set for a new era of cross-border payments to take hold that will not only be more streamlined and faster than existing...

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NEW DATA: Why 75 Pct Of Consumers Skip Using Digital Cards
NEW DATA: Why 75 Pct Of Consumers Skip Using Digital Cards
August 02, 2021  |  Digital Payments

The digital payment experience offered by the Starbucks app captured consumers’ attention when it was rolled out over a decade ago, triggering a wave of...

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IMF, TCH: Risks Can Outweigh Rewards For Cryptocurrencies, CBDCs
IMF, TCH: Risks Can Outweigh Rewards For Cryptocurrencies, CBDCs
August 02, 2021  |  Cryptocurrency

Financial inclusion may be a selling point for digital currencies — but other risks may outweigh those rewards. There is any number of pathways to...

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PayPal’s Not-So-Subtle Super App Ambitions Point To Brewing Fight
PayPal’s Not-So-Subtle Super App Ambitions Point To Brewing Fight
July 30, 2021  |  Mobile Applications

The growth of super apps came into focus this week as PayPal Inc. executives called out the company’s plans no fewer than seven times during...

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To Move Into The Mainstream, DeFi Needs To Double Down On Digital IDs
To Move Into The Mainstream, DeFi Needs To Double Down On Digital IDs
July 30, 2021  |  Digital Identity

Decentralized finance — DeFi for short — is taking its place among the buzzwords of 2021, where excitement (and depending on where you look, perhaps...

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Zelle Payments Transactions Increase 58 Pct; Reaches 500M US Bank Accounts
Zelle Payments Transactions Increase 58 Pct; Reaches 500M US Bank Accounts
July 29, 2021  |  Earnings

The Zelle® Network processed $120 billion on 436 million transactions in the second quarter, the company announced Thursday (July 29). Early Warning Services, the corporate...

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How Resorts World Las Vegas Is Bringing Digital Disbursements, Payments To In-Person Betting
How Resorts World Las Vegas Is Bringing Digital Disbursements, Payments To In-Person Betting
July 29, 2021  |  Disbursements

As casinos get back to normal with in-person gaming, consumers are unwilling to leave their new digital habits at the door. But as Rick Hutchins,...

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