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Super Apps Take Another Step Forward as Uber Joins PayPal, Others in the Great Rollup
April 06, 2022

What would we do without smartphone apps? Perhaps a better question: what will we do with super apps as these all-in-one mobile marvels come out in force? Uber’s super app plans are generating buzz, with widely published reports on Wednesday (April 6) saying the platform...

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Stocard Joins Klarna With New Brand ID
April 06, 2022

Nine months after Klarna bought Stocard, the mobile wallet that allows consumers to keep their loyalty cards in one single place has a new look, the Swedish buy now, pay later (BNPL) firm announced Wednesday (April 6). Stocard has adopted Klarna’s Smoooth brand identity across...

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Payroll App Provider Ranking Sees Close Race for Top Spot 
April 05, 2022

Is it payday yet? If you’re watching for a paycheck, or sending them out, there are several apps that can help.  Each month, PYMNTS analyzes these apps, assigns scores and reports the results in the Provider Ranking of Payroll Apps.  There’s a lot of movement...

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Amazon, Barnes & Noble Pull Digital Purchases in Response to Google Play Crackdown
April 04, 2022

Google Play will soon be more ubiquitous, as developers selling their digital goods on Android apps will have to switch to Google Play billing or else be locked out of the Play Store, according to a report Monday (April 4) from Ars Technica. The report...

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Insurance App Provider Ranking Sees Leaders Tie With a Score of 100
April 04, 2022

Looking for insurance? We’ve got you covered. The latest PYMNTS Provider Ranking of Insurance Apps includes a dozen contenders with scores high enough to earn a spot in the top 10. The 12 members of this elite group were here last time too. There’s been...

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Digital Banking App Provider Ranking Delivers Compound Interest With 17 Competitors in the Top 10
April 04, 2022

If you find digital banking apps of interest, PYMNTS’ latest Provider Ranking of Digital Banking Apps will deliver compound interest. This month’s top 10 includes 17 competitors, with many of them running neck and neck. Making that total possible are some tie scores, including two...

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Robinhood Beta Suggests Retirement Accounts Are Coming to the App
March 31, 2022

Brokerage app Robinhood may be coming closer to launching retirement accounts, according to evidence found within the beta version of the iPhone app, Bloomberg reported Thursday (March 31). This helps Robinhood go against traditional money managers and stock trading platforms. The company is now looking...

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Americans Want a Super App — Some More Than Others
March 31, 2022

The more digital activities consumers perform online, the more they desire a way to consolidate their digital lives into one, integrated user interface, otherwise known as a super app. It’s something that a lot of Americans want, although the popularity of this idea seems to...

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Instagram Upgrades DM Inbox With Music Sharing, Polls, More
March 31, 2022

Several new messaging features announced last year are now being unveiled on Instagram with the intention of helping people better connect and interact with the people closest to them, according to a press release on Thursday (March 31). Instagram users can now send people music...