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

Grocery Stores Are Getting Super Serious About Stockpiling Goods
Grocery Stores Are Getting Super Serious About Stockpiling Goods
October 06, 2020  |  Retail

COVID-19’s hits seem to just keep on coming. New York City’s mayor is contemplating re-shutting down certain ZIP codes due to new outbreaks, 21 states are...

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Venmo’s Esch On Designing A Cool Physical Card For Mobile App Users
Venmo’s Esch On Designing A Cool Physical Card For Mobile App Users
October 06, 2020  |  Innovation

Credit card launches happen a lot, and tend to blend together after a while, particularly for payments peeps who keep a close eye on such...

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The Rise Of The Pay-Advance App
The Rise Of The Pay-Advance App
October 05, 2020  |  Gig Economy

For workers living paycheck to paycheck even before COVID-19, having their hours cut back due to the pandemic can stretch already tenuous financial situations to...

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Why Digitized Back Office And AP Processes Are B2B’s ‘New Normal’
Why Digitized Back Office And AP Processes Are B2B’s ‘New Normal’
October 05, 2020  |  B2B Payments

The pandemic will continue to shake up B2B payments, especially for smaller firms — and there’s no turning back. In an interview with PYMNTS, Steven...

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Visa’s Phalen: Collaborative Commerce Is B2B Payments’ Next Act
Visa’s Phalen: Collaborative Commerce Is B2B Payments’ Next Act
October 05, 2020  |  B2B Payments

The late Harvard Professor Clay Christensen was and is famed for the “jobs to be done” theory of business innovation. In a nutshell: Companies (and...

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Square Capital Chief To Step Down
Square Capital Chief To Step Down
October 04, 2020  |  Personnel

Jacqueline Reses, head of Square‘s Square Capital unit, is stepping down as of Oct. 30, according to a report from The Motley Fool. Square didn’t...

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Why The Pandemic Is A ‘Black Swan’ That Will Spur Payments M&A
Why The Pandemic Is A ‘Black Swan’ That Will Spur Payments M&A
October 02, 2020  |  Partnerships / Acquisitions

The mergers and acquisitions, the deal-making, the funding and IPOs among payments players may be just getting started. In an interview with Karen Webster, Jim...

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Health Savings Accounts Find New Life In The Gig Economy
Health Savings Accounts Find New Life In The Gig Economy
October 02, 2020  |  Healthcare

At a time when COVID-19 has put healthcare at the forefront of public concerns, CEO Sean Engelking of Starship, a provider of health savings accounts...

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PepsiCo’s DTC Sales Nearly Double In Q3
PepsiCo’s DTC Sales Nearly Double In Q3
October 01, 2020  |  Earnings

Food-and-beverage giant PepsiCo reported Thursday (Oct. 1) that its eCommerce sales almost doubled during the third quarter, and that the company plans to invest in...

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