Mobile Applications

What's a mobile app? A mobile app is a software program you can download and access directly using your phone or tablet or generally any touch screen device. Typically a mobile app is purchased or downloaded through an app store or can be side loaded on various platforms.

TikTok Seller App Manages Online Stores via Smartphones

TikTok Seller App Manages Online Stores via Smartphones
TikTok Seller App Manages Online Stores via Smartphones
December 06, 2021  |  Social Commerce

TikTok on Friday (Dec. 3) launched the TikTok Seller app in Indonesia, giving sellers a new way to use TikTok Shopping features through their mobile...

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Pinterest Snaps Up Video App Vochi to Expand Creator Tools
Pinterest Snaps Up Video App Vochi to Expand Creator Tools
December 06, 2021  |  Partnerships

Pinterest has closed a deal for the acquisition of the video creation and editing app Vochi, intended to give creators more tools to develop quality...

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Car Apps Add Vehicle Financing to Acquire, Retain Customers
Car Apps Add Vehicle Financing to Acquire, Retain Customers
December 06, 2021  |  Consumer Payments

It’s been a turbulent 18 months for car owners. Since March 2020, there have been huge swings in the number of miles driven, rapid inflation...

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Stripe Acquires OpenChannel for Ecosystem Integration
Stripe Acquires OpenChannel for Ecosystem Integration
December 06, 2021  |  Partnerships

Digital payment processing firm Stripe on Monday (Dec. 6) announced the acquisition of app marketplace software platform OpenChannel, which helps businesses build app ecosystems for...

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New Provider Ranking of Personal Finance Apps Shows Incremental Movement
New Provider Ranking of Personal Finance Apps Shows Incremental Movement
December 03, 2021  |  Mobile

Managing personal finances has never come easily to most people — except maybe your irritating cousin who’s really good at math, and also a cheapskate — so...

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New Provider Ranking of Order-Ahead Apps Features Shifts and Ties
New Provider Ranking of Order-Ahead Apps Features Shifts and Ties
December 02, 2021  |  Mobile

Feel like ordering takeout? With this month’s PYMNTS Provider Ranking of Mobile Order-Ahead Apps, which compares restaurant apps based on data about their ordering capabilities, their...

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Grab Shares Slide in Nasdaq Debut Following $40B SPAC Deal
Grab Shares Slide in Nasdaq Debut Following $40B SPAC Deal
December 02, 2021  |  IPO

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Tencent’s WeChat Pay Envisions Future Where Payment Options are the Norm
Tencent’s WeChat Pay Envisions Future Where Payment Options are the Norm
December 02, 2021  |  Mobile Payments

China’s crackdown on technology companies that offer payment services had the unintended side effect of opening the lines of communication between competitors like Alibaba and...

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