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.

(source: investopedia.com)

Stripe and WhatsApp Enable Payments in Chats in Singapore
Stripe and WhatsApp Enable Payments in Chats in Singapore
May 09, 2023  |  Partnerships

Stripe and WhatsApp have partnered to enable Singapore businesses to accept payments in WhatsApp chats. With Stripe Connect and Stripe Checkout integrated into WhatsApp, Singapore...

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Is M-Pesa Missing Link to Accelerating Kenya’s Real-Time Payments Adoption?
Is M-Pesa Missing Link to Accelerating Kenya’s Real-Time Payments Adoption?
May 05, 2023  |  Real-Time Payments

Kenya is known as the home of mobile payment system M-Pesa, and it is also one of the few African countries to have made significant...

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Block’s Cash App Hits 53 Million Monthly Active Users, Direct Deposits up 69%
Block’s Cash App Hits 53 Million Monthly Active Users, Direct Deposits up 69%
May 05, 2023  |  Mobile Payments

Block, the parent company of Square, posted earnings results illustrating the evolution of a financial services ecosystem — with Cash App at the center. A...

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Fiserv TXT2PAY Gives Software Platforms New Conversational Commerce Tools
Fiserv TXT2PAY Gives Software Platforms New Conversational Commerce Tools
May 05, 2023  |  Payment Methods

Texting is ubiquitous.  Texting is, in many cases, real time — we open those digital missives almost as soon as we see them, and respond...

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Fiserv Offers Software Firms Text-Based Payment Option
Fiserv Offers Software Firms Text-Based Payment Option
May 02, 2023  |  Payment Methods

Fiserv is letting software firms access the world of text-based payments. The payments and financial services company announced the offering for independent software vendors (ISVs)...

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Safaricom Launches Mobile Wallet and Mini App for Kenyan Students
Safaricom Launches Mobile Wallet and Mini App for Kenyan Students
April 28, 2023  |  Loans

Safaricom and Kenya’s Higher Education Loans Board (HELB) have partnered on a mobile wallet and a mini app. The new HELB Mobile Wallet will allow...

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Mobile and PC Users Use Different Payments Methods When Buying Groceries Online
Mobile and PC Users Use Different Payments Methods When Buying Groceries Online
April 25, 2023  |  Mobile Payments

Online grocery shoppers’ payment preferences differ considerably depending on their preferred device, PYMNTS research reveals. For “Quarterly Payments Report: Mobile Wallets Gain Ground,” a new...

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Square Debuts Android Tap to Pay for Merchants
Square Debuts Android Tap to Pay for Merchants
April 19, 2023  |  Mobile Payments

Square is giving merchants an easier way to make contactless payments. The commerce solutions provider has begun offering Tap to Pay on Android for sellers...

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Fiserv Eliminates The Wait for Physical Debit Cards
Fiserv Eliminates The Wait for Physical Debit Cards
April 18, 2023  |  Payment Methods

Payments firm Fiserv says it can eliminate the wait associated with new physical debit cards. The company announced Tuesday (April 18) that its capabilities let cardholders access new or...

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