Mobile Payments

A mobile payment is a money payment made for a product or service through a portable electronic device such as a tablet or cell phone. Mobile payment technology can also be used to send money to friends or family members, such as with the applications PayPal and Venmo.

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Merchants Embrace Text To Buy As ‘Conversational Commerce’ Alternative

Merchants Embrace Text To Buy As ‘Conversational Commerce’ Alternative
Merchants Embrace Text To Buy As ‘Conversational Commerce’ Alternative
November 11, 2020  |  Retail

The great digital shift is powering independent retailers — the ones that make up the Main Street economy — to modernize their interactions with consumers,...

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New Data: Real-Time Payments Become A Make-Or-Break Reality For Financial Institutions
New Data: Real-Time Payments Become A Make-Or-Break Reality For Financial Institutions
November 11, 2020  |  Faster Payments

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Great Expectations: Apple and Verizon Start Their 5G Engines
Great Expectations: Apple and Verizon Start Their 5G Engines
November 10, 2020  |  Internet of Things

When it comes to 5G, there’s the anticipation of a tipping point – but the tipping point is somewhere off on the horizon. Get the...

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Digital Approaches To Retail And Disbursements
Digital Approaches To Retail And Disbursements
November 10, 2020  |  Today In Data

Cooler Screens is replacing traditional glass doors with high-definition, multi-functional video screens that create a new revenue stream for merchants. In merchant innovation, consumers are...

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Zest AI CEO: Artificial Intelligence Is Reshaping Lending and Credit
Zest AI CEO: Artificial Intelligence Is Reshaping Lending and Credit
November 10, 2020  |  Loans

The use of artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) isn’t some futuristic idea. It’s here now and being used to make good banks better...

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Phlatbed CEO: How Mobile Tools Keep On-Demand Wages Moving
Phlatbed CEO: How Mobile Tools Keep On-Demand Wages Moving
November 09, 2020  |  Disbursements

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WEX’s Dearborn Says B2B Payments Has Reached Tipping Point
WEX’s Dearborn Says B2B Payments Has Reached Tipping Point
November 09, 2020  |  B2B Payments

When it comes to the scope of changes that businesses have implemented in the past seven months of COVID-era adaptation, characterizing the digital shift as...

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Square Earnings: Online Transactions, Square Card Spend See Gains
Square Earnings: Online Transactions, Square Card Spend See Gains
November 05, 2020  |  Earnings

Square posted third-quarter results Thursday (Nov. 5) that showed continued tailwinds in card not present transactions, a continued shift to larger seller contributions to gross payment...

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Pandemic Converts Telemedicine Skeptics Into Users
Pandemic Converts Telemedicine Skeptics Into Users
November 03, 2020  |  Healthcare

Digital-medicine company Teladoc Health recently turned to a trio of descriptives to characterize the current state of its business, which saw a third quarter bursting with...

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