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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Healthcare Providers Pick Up The Digital Pace
Healthcare Providers Pick Up The Digital Pace
April 20, 2021  |  Healthcare

It wasn’t a physician who said, “an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.” It was a revolutionary with a second-grade education named...

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Peer-To-Peer Payments Present Urgent Fraud Challenges
Peer-To-Peer Payments Present Urgent Fraud Challenges
April 20, 2021  |  Security & Fraud

Faster payments schemes are gaining traction around the globe. Unfortunately, so are the fraudsters. As recent PYMNTS research on the topic shows, some financial institutions...

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Japan’s BNPL Startup Paidy Teams With PayPal For Digital Wallet Link-Up
Japan’s BNPL Startup Paidy Teams With PayPal For Digital Wallet Link-Up
April 16, 2021  |  Digital Payments

Paidy, Japan’s biggest buy now, pay later (BNPL) startup, has rolled out a new solution — Paidy Link — that instantly connects account holders to...

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Truist First-Quarter Financials Show $1.3 Billion Net Income
Truist First-Quarter Financials Show $1.3 Billion Net Income
April 15, 2021  |  Earnings

Truist Financial Corporation has reported its earnings for the first quarter, with the net income available to common shareholders being $1.3 billion, according to a...

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Report: B2B’s Year Of (Real-Time) Payments Change — And What Lies Ahead
Report: B2B’s Year Of (Real-Time) Payments Change — And What Lies Ahead
April 14, 2021  |  B2B Payments

Over the past year, so much has gone digital, so quickly, that it’s easy to think all facets of life, and of business, have made...

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South Africa Telco MTN Targets $5 Billion For Mobile Money Expansion
South Africa Telco MTN Targets $5 Billion For Mobile Money Expansion
April 11, 2021  |  Fintech Investments

South Africa-based MTN, the mobile phone company, has plans to value its mobile money arm at over $5 billion, a report from Financial Times (FT)...

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Report: Mobile Payments App Ualá To Acquire Digital Bank Wilobank
Report: Mobile Payments App Ualá To Acquire Digital Bank Wilobank
April 09, 2021  |  Partnerships / Acquisitions

Argentina’s mobile payments app Ualá plans to acquire Wilobank, the country’s first digital bank, Bloomberg reported on Friday (April 9), citing people with knowledge of the...

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Taco Bell President: ‘Restaurants Of The Future’ Will Tap Targeted Experiences
Taco Bell President: ‘Restaurants Of The Future’ Will Tap Targeted Experiences
April 09, 2021  |  Restaurant innovation

The events of the last 13 months have presented the restaurant industry with unprecedented challenges, forcing them to reconsider everything from digital technologies to supply...

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BNPL Expands ‘Next Gen’ Label; Aims Across Demographics
BNPL Expands ‘Next Gen’ Label; Aims Across Demographics
April 09, 2021  |  Buy Now Pay Later

Younger consumers and buy now, pay later (BNPL) platforms became inseparable during the past year as the installment payment method grew during the pandemic. The...

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