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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35 CEOs On Payments As The Connected Economy’s Power Source
35 CEOs On Payments As The Connected Economy’s Power Source
March 31, 2021  |  Internet of Things

There are changes driven by choice, and there are changes driven by necessity. In the world of payments and commerce, the pandemic has produced both....

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Brazilian Central Bank Gives Green Light To WhatsApp Payments
Brazilian Central Bank Gives Green Light To WhatsApp Payments
March 30, 2021  |  International

Facebook’s WhatsApp will now be able to let users send and receive payments in Brazil after receiving approval from the country’s central bank Tuesday (March...

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Travel Business Pushes Facial ID Toward Its Close Up
Travel Business Pushes Facial ID Toward Its Close Up
March 30, 2021  |  Security & Fraud

Everywhere you go, there you — and your face — are. In some regards, that’s the beauty of facial-recognition technology. Using your face to pay...

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Buffalo Market’s ‘Restaurant Bridge’ Initiative Supports Customers Amid Difficult Year
Buffalo Market’s ‘Restaurant Bridge’ Initiative Supports Customers Amid Difficult Year
March 30, 2021  |  Retail

With the restaurant industry hit hard by the events of the last year and small and midsize businesses (SMBs) disproportionately bearing the brunt of these...

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GasBuddy Payment Tool Tops 1 Million Users
GasBuddy Payment Tool Tops 1 Million Users
March 30, 2021  |  Retail

Navigation-based fuel app GasBuddy has seen the number of people using its Pay with GasBuddy payment feature escalate to more than 1 million, the company...

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Chinese Conglomerate Huawei Gains Mobile Payments License By Buying Xunlian
Chinese Conglomerate Huawei Gains Mobile Payments License By Buying Xunlian
March 29, 2021  |  Mobile Commerce

Chinese behemoth Huawei Technologies has reportedly landed a mobile payments license in China after buying Xunlian Zhifu Network. Huawei has previously used UnionPay’s mobile payment...

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Swedish FinTech Developing Crypto Solution For Mobile Phones
Swedish FinTech Developing Crypto Solution For Mobile Phones
March 29, 2021  |  Cryptocurrency

Crunchfish, the Swedish FinTech backed by billionaire Mohammed Al Amoudi, has now come up with a new digital cash fix, Bloomberg writes. The new technology...

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EU Council Backs Instant Cross Border Payments
EU Council Backs Instant Cross Border Payments
March 25, 2021  |  International

Instant payments, integrated — and pan-European in scope. This week, the Council of the European Union backed the formation of an integrated and instant system...

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Corporates’ Shifting Expectations Fuel Optimism For Billtrust’s First Earnings Report
Corporates’ Shifting Expectations Fuel Optimism For Billtrust’s First Earnings Report
March 24, 2021  |  B2B Payments

This time last year, amid the sudden onset of the pandemic, accounts receivable technology company Billtrust had instituted a hiring freeze and clamped down on...

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