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Musk’s X Sets Sights on Dating as Half of Urban Consumers Use Apps to Find...
October 30, 2023

While social media apps remain the primary means for consumers to connect with friends and family online, the adoption of dating apps is growing at a faster pace, with an increasing number of consumers now using them for their romantic pursuits. In fact, 73 million...

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Musk Says X Will Be Financial Service Hub by 2024
October 29, 2023

Elon Musk reportedly expects X to transform into a payments super app by next year. “When I say payments, I actually mean someone’s entire financial life,” Musk said during a company all-hands call last week, per a report by the Verge. “If it involves money, it’ll be on...

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Google Aims to Turn Digital Wallets Into Transit Passes
October 26, 2023

Google will allow commuters in more locations to store transit passes in their digital wallets. The tech giant discussed its progress in marrying the Google Wallet with transit payments in a Thursday (Oct. 26) company blog post. “We saw a strong uptick of contactless and...

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Venmo Remains on Top in PYMNTS Credit Card Apps Ranking
October 24, 2023

This month in the PYMNTS Provider Ranking of Credit Card Apps we don’t see a lot of movement in terms of rankings, but we do see some score changes. Plus, there is a new contender at the bottom itching to get to the top — we’ll need...

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Nearly 6 in 10 Consumers Who Use Mobile Wallets to Pay Bills Face Difficulties
October 24, 2023

The level of satisfaction among consumers using mobile wallets to pay bills is notably high. However, the system is still far from completely reliable, as more than half of users claim to have experienced issues when paying their bills with these systems. As developers and...

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Nearly 40% of Consumers Store Health Insurance Cards in Digital Wallets
October 23, 2023

Digitally savvy consumers, particularly millennials, are finding mobile wallets to be an attractive and practical alternative to traditional physical wallets. In “The Mobile Wallet Challenge: Replacing Physical With Digital,” PYMNTS Intelligence leverages insights from a survey of more than 2,000 individuals to examine consumers’ growing...

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GoodRx Keeps Top Spot in Latest Provider Ranking of Prescription Apps
October 18, 2023

In this edition of the PYMNTS Provider Ranking of Prescription Apps we see few movements. OptumRx climbs into our top 5 position where CVS Caremark is doing the opposite, falling down the rankings. Rite Aid Pharmacy is up three rankings, but can it keep climbing? Well see...

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Dollar General Leads Latest PYMNTS Provider Ranking of Coupon Apps 
October 17, 2023

This month in the PYMNTS Provider Ranking of Coupon Apps we have some movers and shakers — but mostly shakers. Dollar General beat out CVS Pharmacy for the top spot leaving everyone to fall down a slot as CVS took over the No. 2 spot. Meanwhile, the...

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Shein and Walmart Vie for Top Spot on Provider Ranking of Shopping Apps
October 16, 2023

This month in PYMNTS’ Provider Rankings of Shopping Apps we see Walmart climbing to the top, giving Shein something to fight for. We also see double ties in our lower half but if we’ve learned anything that means next month will be even more exciting to see...