Mobile Payments

Mobile Payments
Accepting Any Payment, From Anywhere, Across The Universe?
September 06, 2016

The ability to make and accept payments for purchases is increasingly universal, and the future of mPOS may lie in universal solutions that can accept a broad range of payment methods. For the latest mPOS Tracker, PYMNTS caught up with Alok Arora, CEO of Mosambee,...

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Hispanic Millennials A Top Target For Mobile Wallet Players
September 05, 2016

The Hispanic Millennial Project has found some patterns in the use of mobile payments technologies among this demographic. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content — no additional logins required. yesSubscribe to...

China’s Huawei Connects With UnionPay, Launches Huawei Pay
September 01, 2016

The Chinese digital wallet just got another payment option. Huawei has linked up with UnionPay to create Huawei Pay, the first payment service from the smartphone manufacturer, which produced and shipped more than 108 million units in 2015. Get the Full Story Complete the form...

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Payworks’ Pulse Powers Modern-Day Commerce
August 31, 2016

German mobile payment company Payworks announced the launch of its new gateway technology that enables developers to integrate payment card readers into the POS across in-store and mobile channels. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access...

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UAE Government Places Weight Behind Mobile Payments
August 31, 2016

The United Arab Emirates government is pushing for a cashless economy and, according to reports on Tuesday (Aug. 30), has just taken a major step towards that goal. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to...

Wallets To Become Obsolete In China?
August 31, 2016

Who needs a wallet anyway? Apparently, not the Chinese. Turns out, three out of five consumers in the country pay with their smartphone when they’re out shopping. That’s right: three in five. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy...

China’s Xiaomi Launches Mi Pay Payment Service
August 30, 2016

King of China’s smartphone market, Xiaomi, launches its first payment system on Sept. 1. Introduced to the world just two weeks ago, the system is called Mi Pay and will join smartphone payment systems, like Android Pay, Apple Pay, Samsung Pay and LG Pay, among...

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Square Transaction Margins Appear Slim But Not A Worry
August 29, 2016

Mobile payment company Square‘s transaction margins, which make up most of the company’s revenue, appear slim. That’s according to a report by The Motley Fool, which said that, while the margins are “pretty slim,” it’s not something investors need to worry about. The company, according to the report,...

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The Big Banks’ Coming Venmo Killer
August 25, 2016

Can the biggest banks in the United States catch up to the millennial-beloved Venmo with their own P2P payments app? They’re sure hoping so and are putting their product, reportedly called Zelle, out for public consumption in October. The hope? That soon the young and...