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.

Source: investopedia.com

Visa To Acquire YellowPepper To Expand Network of Networks In LATAM
Visa To Acquire YellowPepper To Expand Network of Networks In LATAM
October 28, 2020  |  Partnerships / Acquisitions

Visa has inked an agreement to acquire YellowPepper, which works with startups in the Caribbean and Latin America, according to an emailed press release. The...

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Hands Off: Touchless, Contactless Payments Drive Consumer Safety Preferences
Hands Off: Touchless, Contactless Payments Drive Consumer Safety Preferences
October 27, 2020  |  Payment Methods

That consumers are a bit gun shy when it comes to shopping in physical stores — particularly when it comes to checking out at the...

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Fiserv Q3 Earnings Show Strength In Digital-First Economy
Fiserv Q3 Earnings Show Strength In Digital-First Economy
October 27, 2020  |  Earnings

After a tough second quarter, payment processor Fiserv bounced back in a big way for Q3, reporting Tuesday (Oct. 27) that it rode strong new-account...

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Locked Down And Looking Up: New Predictions On Pandemic Recovery
Locked Down And Looking Up: New Predictions On Pandemic Recovery
October 27, 2020  |  Economy

What does the shape of recovery look like? Even with a new surge of virus cases coming, MerchantE Chief Financial Officer Shimon Steinmetz says that...

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The Pandemic’s Latest Wave Meets The Digital-First Economy
The Pandemic’s Latest Wave Meets The Digital-First Economy
October 26, 2020  |  Retail

It’s difficult to say whether the pandemic is making a comeback because to “make a comeback,” it would technically have had to have gone away...

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Apple Pay, X-Border Invoices, Quick Accept Top This Week’s News
Apple Pay, X-Border Invoices, Quick Accept Top This Week’s News
October 23, 2020  |  The Weekender

It was a busy week for commerce and payments, as Apple Pay turned six and J.P. Morgan Chase is banking on QuickAccept to edge out...

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Grab’s Earnings Bouncing Back To Pre-COVID Numbers
Grab’s Earnings Bouncing Back To Pre-COVID Numbers
October 22, 2020  |  Earnings

Singapore’s mobile tech giant Grab is seeing solid recovery, with revenue bouncing back to 95% of pre-pandemic levels, according to a Thursday, Oct. 22 Reuter’s...

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Chipotle Digital Sales Soar 202.5 Pct
Chipotle Digital Sales Soar 202.5 Pct
October 21, 2020  |  Earnings

Chipotle Mexican Grill reported on Wednesday (Oct. 21) that digital sales rocketed up 202.5 percent year-over-year to $776.4 million and comprised nearly half of sales in...

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Is The Pandemic Apple Pay’s Big Opportunity, Or Will In-App Payments Push Past?
Is The Pandemic Apple Pay’s Big Opportunity, Or Will In-App Payments Push Past?
October 20, 2020  |  Mobile Wallets

Tuesday (Oct. 20th) is Apple Pay’s sixth birthday – a day that finds the digital payment method carrying a bit of the same air of...

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