mobile payment

Alipay and WeChat Pay Add Links to Visa and Mastercard
Alipay and WeChat Pay Add Links to Visa and Mastercard
July 21, 2023  |  Payment Methods

Visitors to China can now link their Visa and Mastercard accounts to the country’s most popular mobile payment applications, Alipay and WeChat Pay. Ant Group, the operator of Alipay, said Friday (July...

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Real-Time Payments Gives Consumers Better Way to Manage Paying Bills
Real-Time Payments Gives Consumers Better Way to Manage Paying Bills
April 07, 2023  |  Real-Time Payments

United States households pay more than $3 trillion in bills each year, including mortgage, rent, auto loans, utilities, cable and a host of other services,...

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Grocers Rethink Scan and Go as Consumers Redefine Convenience
Grocers Rethink Scan and Go as Consumers Redefine Convenience
March 08, 2023  |  Retail

Mobile self-checkout, and specifically, scan and go, would seem a slam dunk for grocers. It has not worked out that way. All manner of retail...

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Utilities Test Out New Role as Mobile-Payment CX Transformers
Utilities Test Out New Role as Mobile-Payment CX Transformers
May 09, 2022  |  Digital Payments

Picture a lightbulb popping on above someone’s head. It’s a classic image denoting a good idea, and many utilities are having this exact moment now...

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Debate Sharpens in US Over CBDC
Debate Sharpens in US Over CBDC
June 13, 2021  |  Cryptocurrency

The debate over central bank digital currencies sharpened a bit this past week in the marbled halls of the U.S. Congress. At a Senate Banking...

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Gig Workforce Payments Platform Payfare Opens Trading At $6
Gig Workforce Payments Platform Payfare Opens Trading At $6
March 21, 2021  |  IPO

Payfare, the global financial technology company working in the field of pay solutions for the gig economy, has successfully completed an initial public offering (IPO)...

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The Corporate Card Goes Contactless
The Corporate Card Goes Contactless
August 05, 2020  |  B2B Payments

As B2B FinTechs explore the value of the commercial card, they’re integrating card payment capabilities across more scenarios, from vendor payments to employee expense management....

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Tencent, UnionPay Agree On QR Code Standard To Streamline Mobile Payments
Tencent, UnionPay Agree On QR Code Standard To Streamline Mobile Payments
January 08, 2020  |  Mobile Payments

Caixin Global reports that Chinese mobile transaction company Tencent has decided to combine part of its authentication software with government-owned rival UnionPay. This collaboration will...

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Newly Launched Apple Arcade Offers 100 Monthly Games For $4.99
Newly Launched Apple Arcade Offers 100 Monthly Games For $4.99
September 19, 2019  |  Apple

Apple has officially released the Apple arcade, a gaming subscription service that costs $4.99 a month, according to a report by CNBC. The first month...

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