Mobeewave news and trends

Apple Buys Mobeewave For $100M
Apple // August 02, 2020

Apple has purchased Canadian company Mobeewave, which will allow it to create mobile pay hubs out of iPhones, Bloomberg reported. The deal went down for $100 million, according to sources quoted by Bloomberg. Mobeewave specializes in letting shoppers utilize their smartphones to access a credit...

Mobeewave To Launch Digital Ordering, Payments Platform For Restaurants
Partnerships / Acquisitions // January 14, 2020

Contactless mobile payments pioneer Mobeewave and digital customer experience platform Incentivio have teamed up on a multichannel, all-in-one, contactless digital-ordering platform for restaurant customers, according to a press release. The new platform removes the need for dongles, cables and card readers. Incentivio said it’s the only...

Samsung, Mobeewave Partner On Contactless POS
Payment Methods // October 15, 2019

Samsung has announced a partnership with Mobeewave for NFC-enabled contactless payment services on its smartphones, Samsung said in a news release on Tuesday (Oct. 15).  The companies started a pilot program in Canada a few months ago testing the product, which is called Samsung POS. The...

Deep Dive: How mPOS Tools Help Restaurants Compete
MPOS Tracker // July 11, 2019

A recent study found that the average American ate out 185 times in 2018 — dropping from 216 times in 2000. Restaurants looking to compete against meal kit subscriptions and online grocers are increasing their patronage by accelerating and improving their services. New technological strategies,...

Interviews & Exclusives
What Really Drives Small Vendors’ mPOS Picks

July 09, 2019
Consumers around the world are showing increased interest in contactless payments, with 75 percent of United Arab Emirates (UAE) consumers expressing trust for contactless cards and 82 percent trusting mobile wallets. The U.S. could be joining that trend, as consumers become more familiar with the tech, such as from using it in public transit settings. […]

How mPOS Powers Convention Payments

May 09, 2019
While mobile wallet use has yet to take off in the U.S., that could all change soon. Younger generations are more likely to use the technology than aging populations, and,...

Forging FinTech-FI Partnerships With mPOS?

April 12, 2019
It’s not exactly Bogie and Bacall, or Kim and Kanye — at least not yet. But FinTechs and financial institutions are increasingly crafting partnerships designed to help them both thrive in...

Mobeewave Founders On Igniting Contactless Payments In 2019

November 26, 2018
It has been written that “to every thing there is a season, and a time to every purpose.” Seven years ago, when Mobeewave Co-founders Benjamin du Haÿs and Maxime de Nanclas hatched...

Quick Reads
Apple Makes New Moves to Turn iPhones into Payment Terminals

January 27, 2022
Small businesses will soon be able to take payments on iPhones without additional hardware, a feature Apple started developing in 2020 with its $100 million acquisition of Mobeewave, Bloomberg reported on Thursday (Jan. 27), citing unnamed sources with insider information, Canadian startup Mobeewave created the smartphone technology that enables payments with the tap of a […]

Apple Buys Mobeewave For $100M

August 02, 2020
Apple has purchased Canadian company Mobeewave, which will allow it to create mobile pay hubs out of iPhones, Bloomberg reported. The deal went down for $100 million, according to sources...

Mobeewave To Launch Digital Ordering, Payments Platform For Restaurants

January 14, 2020
Contactless mobile payments pioneer Mobeewave and digital customer experience platform Incentivio have teamed up on a multichannel, all-in-one, contactless digital-ordering platform for restaurant customers, according to a press release. The new...

Samsung, Mobeewave Partner On Contactless POS

October 15, 2019
Samsung has announced a partnership with Mobeewave for NFC-enabled contactless payment services on its smartphones, Samsung said in a news release on Tuesday (Oct. 15).  The companies started a pilot program...