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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Paytm To Charge Users A 2 Pct Fee For Adding Money With Credit Cards

Paytm To Charge Users A 2 Pct Fee For Adding Money With Credit Cards
Paytm To Charge Users A 2 Pct Fee For Adding Money With Credit Cards
October 18, 2020  |  Digital Payments

Paytm users will face new 2 percent fees for using the credit card attached to their eWallets, a report from Business Today says. Get the...

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Mastercard: New Stride Partnership Is Just ‘First Step’ In Helping Gig Workers
Mastercard: New Stride Partnership Is Just ‘First Step’ In Helping Gig Workers
October 16, 2020  |  Healthcare

Mastercard has teamed with portable-benefits platform Stride to make it easier for gig workers to buy healthcare coverage. Jess Turner, Mastercard’s executive vice president for North America Products and Innovation, tells PYMNTS the...

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How The World Is Making Paper Invoices Digital
How The World Is Making Paper Invoices Digital
October 15, 2020  |  B2B Payments

In recent months we’ve seen the pressures confronting the B2B space as have not been seen before.  That’s due, of course, to the pandemic, which...

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Turkish FinTech Payguru To Expand SMS Payments
Turkish FinTech Payguru To Expand SMS Payments
October 14, 2020  |  Mobile Payments

Payguru is a Turkish company currently working to give residents a way to pay for bus travel cards via text message, according to a report...

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How To Capture The Consumer With Digital Wallets In Their Purses And Back Pockets
How To Capture The Consumer With Digital Wallets In Their Purses And Back Pockets
October 12, 2020  |  Mobile Wallets

In a time of increasing change for retailers and consumers, the current global climate has begun accelerating the future of retail trends at a much...

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Mastercard: The Touchless And Caring Economies Are Boosting P2P Adoption
Mastercard: The Touchless And Caring Economies Are Boosting P2P Adoption
October 09, 2020  |  Digital Payments

Consumers seeking out low- to no-touch payments options amid public health concerns have combined with an uptick in charitable donations and tips to boost the...

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Grocery Round-Up: Instacart’s Big Valuation Jump, Kroger’s Ghost Kitchens And Grocery Deals Come To Prime Day
Grocery Round-Up: Instacart’s Big Valuation Jump, Kroger’s Ghost Kitchens And Grocery Deals Come To Prime...
October 09, 2020  |  Retail

Another busy week in grocery as it seems the pace kicked up in the race to capture the consumer’s grocery dollar. Instacart saw its valuation...

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Hackers Hit Mobile Money Payments Processor In Uganda
Hackers Hit Mobile Money Payments Processor In Uganda
October 08, 2020  |  Security & Fraud

Ugandan police are investigating the hacking of a third-party processor of phone-based transactions, Bloomberg reported, that affected MTN Group and Standard Bank Group‘s local units....

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Speed Bumps Ahead For Reliance Jio – And Perhaps (Digital) Payments?
Speed Bumps Ahead For Reliance Jio – And Perhaps (Digital) Payments?
October 08, 2020  |  Digital Payments

Even the highest-flying of firms riding the waves of mobile devices and digital payments may have their speed bumps. Get the Full Story Complete the...

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