Mobile Payments

Mobile Payments
Weave Simplifies Healthcare Payments With New Scan to Pay Feature
August 29, 2023

Weave, an all-in-one experience platform for small- to medium-sized healthcare practices, has introduced a new feature called Scan to Pay to its payment suite. The addition aims to streamline the payment process for businesses and their customers by allowing transactions to be completed within seconds...

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Weave Adds Mobile Tap to Pay to Healthcare Platform
July 31, 2023

Weave has added Mobile Tap to Pay to its customer experience platform for small- to medium-sized businesses (SMBs) in healthcare. The new feature expands the company’s payment suite, offering patients and clients another way to make payments, reducing transaction time and optimizing the overall customer experience, the...

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Report: African Startup Union54 Plans September Launch of Super App
June 30, 2023

African startup Union54 is reportedly developing a super app that may launch in September. The new ChitChat app aims to provide secure messaging, dollar-based virtual cards, and services around payments, gaming, dating and food delivery, Bloomberg reported Friday (June 30), citing an interview with Union54...

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Money Transfer Firm Instant Cash Receives License From UAE Central Bank
May 25, 2023

Instant Cash has received a license from the Central Bank of the United Arab Emirates (CBUAE). With this Retail Payment Services and Card Scheme Regulation (RPSCS) Category 2 License, Instant Cash can build further trust with partners, broaden its scope of services within the money...

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Nigerian Mobile Companies Block Banks From Text Service Over Unpaid Bill
May 15, 2023

Nigerian mobile companies are reportedly halting text services to banks over a $259 million bill.  The firms are set to disconnect the Unstructured Supplementary Service Data with banks Gbenga Adebayo, chairman of the Association of Licensed Telecommunications Operators of Nigeria told Bloomberg News Monday (May 15). According to...

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Block’s Cash App Hits 53 Million Monthly Active Users, Direct Deposits up 69%
May 05, 2023

Block, the parent company of Square, posted earnings results illustrating the evolution of a financial services ecosystem — with Cash App at the center. A growing number of users, management said on the most recent earnings call, are using Cash App products and services, including...

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Mobile and PC Users Use Different Payments Methods When Buying Groceries Online
April 25, 2023

Online grocery shoppers’ payment preferences differ considerably depending on their preferred device, PYMNTS research reveals. For “Quarterly Payments Report: Mobile Wallets Gain Ground,” a new study independently produced by PYMNTS, which looks at consumer experiences and sentiments surrounding how they pay for their grocery and...

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Square Debuts Android Tap to Pay for Merchants
April 19, 2023

Square is giving merchants an easier way to make contactless payments. The commerce solutions provider has begun offering Tap to Pay on Android for sellers in the U.S., U.K., Australia, Ireland, France and Spain, letting them accept contactless payments with a compatible Android device, according...

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Poland’s Blik Expanding Mobile Payment Offering Across EU
April 13, 2023

Polish mobile payments company Blik has reportedly begun an international expansion. The startup — whose popularity in its home country has matched that of Apple and Google’s payment apps — wants to become accessible across the European Union, CEO Dariusz Mazurkiewicz said in a Thursday...