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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Get Ready For ‘Micro-Identities’; The Biggest Little Thing In ID Protection
Get Ready For ‘Micro-Identities’; The Biggest Little Thing In ID Protection
July 23, 2021  |  Identity

In the age of eCommerce, the rise of the digital front doors, the super-apps that connect us to any number of financial and everyday activities...

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Carpe Datum: Banks Must Seize Data Advantage To Cross-Sell Insurance Or Get Left Behind
Carpe Datum: Banks Must Seize Data Advantage To Cross-Sell Insurance Or Get Left Behind
July 23, 2021  |  Digital-First Banking

Banks have a natural advantage when it comes to offering their customers insurance products. According to Cover Genius’ Vice President Strategic Partnerships, EMEA Daniel Poole,...

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Auto Dealers Face Gap Between Tight Risk Management And Comfy Customer Experience
Auto Dealers Face Gap Between Tight Risk Management And Comfy Customer Experience
July 22, 2021  |  Security & Fraud

“Everyone’s at risk — and everyone’s a target.” To that end, Mark Luber, chief product officer at Equifax, told Karen Webster that in an increasingly...

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Visa Rebrand Redefines What It Means To Be A Global Acceptance Network
Visa Rebrand Redefines What It Means To Be A Global Acceptance Network
July 21, 2021  |  VISA

Visa is one of the best-known consumer brands on Earth, with a presence in 200 nations, card acceptance at 70 million point-of-sale locations and 3.6...

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Verizon, Mastercard Use 5G To Reimagine Point Of Sale
Verizon, Mastercard Use 5G To Reimagine Point Of Sale
July 21, 2021  |  Retail

Standing in line, waiting for the point of sale to open up, getting ready to swipe the card … feels so yesterday. Pre-pandemic, in fact....

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Global Mobile Wallet Expansion Foreshadows Checkout Consolidation
Global Mobile Wallet Expansion Foreshadows Checkout Consolidation
July 21, 2021  |  Payment Methods

The pace of recovery has been inconsistent worldwide, with widespread vaccinations opening up the doors to life on the outside in places like the U.S.,...

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Venmo Boosts Privacy Settings In New Update
Venmo Boosts Privacy Settings In New Update
July 20, 2021  |  Mobile Wallets

A new Venmo redesign will boost privacy settings and make it so that payments can’t be seen by strangers, a Tuesday (July 20) news release...

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Today In Payments: Afterpay Readies Money App Roll Out; Riskified Files For IPO
Today In Payments: Afterpay Readies Money App Roll Out; Riskified Files For IPO
July 20, 2021  |  News

In today’s top news, Afterpay is testing a money management app and Riskified eyes a $3 billion valuation in its initial public offering (IPO). Plus,...

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Why It’s Not Up To Consumers To Fix The Recycled Password Problem
Why It’s Not Up To Consumers To Fix The Recycled Password Problem
July 20, 2021  |  Security & Fraud

Despite all the digital advances and connectivity achievements that facilitate our daily lives, one simple fact still threatens the stability and security of the entire...

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