First things get miniaturized, then mini things get combined with other mini things to make something (slightly) bigger than the sum of its parts. So it is with connected digital devices that have been proliferating for years — wearables, notebooks and the like — that...
PayPal’s money transfer arm Xoom is now offering customers in the U.S., U.K., Canada and Europe the ability to send secure funds to 12 countries in Africa for a reduced fee. “Sending money to Africa through traditional channels has always been expensive. We wanted to...
Argentinian mobile payments company Ualá, bolstered by heavyweight investors, is expanding into merchant services, according to Bloomberg. The investors include George Soros, Steve Cohen and Tencent Holdings. On Thursday (Dec. 3), the company rolled out a new line of services working with small- to medium-sized...
The pandemic has had an impact on digital wallet usage – in other words, up and to the right. Blackhawk Network noted that mobile wallet adoption in the U.S. stood at 38 percent usage among consumers before the pandemic, and as late as this fall...
WhatsApp is getting another crack at grabbing a slice of Brazil’s fast-growing payments market. Facebook’s messaging service will soon get a green light to start providing peer-to-peer (P2P) payment services in Brazil, Roberto Campos Neto, head of the country’s central bank, said at a news...
Payguru is a Turkish company currently working to give residents a way to pay for bus travel cards via text message, according to a report by Financial Times (FT). The way it works, since the company began testing it in the city of Kahramanmaras in...
The plastic card, by necessity, is giving way to digital cards, and mobile apps are bringing card-not-present transactions, increasingly, to mobile devices. In an interview with PYMNTS, Jennifer Miller, senior vice president, head of partner strategy at Elan, said the shift to mobile card apps...
Square has unveiled a quick-response (QR) code-based self-service ordering functionality for eateries harnessing Square Online. The feature lets customers make orders through their mobile devices, steering clear of unnecessary physical contact with staff at no further charge to the company, according to an announcement. Square...
Making mobile payments with a smartphone in Japan is more popular than ever, according to eMarketer, a New York-based market research company. NFCW.com reports the number of shoppers in Japan making these cell phone purchases at the point of sale is expected to reach 24...
