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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FIS On Digital Payments – And The ‘Horse Race’ Between Debit And Credit

FIS On Digital Payments – And The ‘Horse Race’ Between Debit And Credit
FIS On Digital Payments – And The ‘Horse Race’ Between Debit And Credit
June 02, 2020  |  Digital Payments

As consumers become used to, and increasingly embrace, life lived digitally, financial institutions (FIs) of all sizes must prepare for seismic shifts in how customers...

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Why Financial Literacy Is A Lesson So Hard For Americans To Learn
Why Financial Literacy Is A Lesson So Hard For Americans To Learn
June 01, 2020  |  Digital-First Banking

Americans are known the world over for many things, but financial literacy isn’t one of them. We’re not known for being a nation of expert money...

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Is The Old-Fashioned Carhop About To Make A Comeback?
Is The Old-Fashioned Carhop About To Make A Comeback?
June 01, 2020  |  Coronavirus

Carhops and drive-in restaurants are classic parts of the American dining experience immortalized by George Lucas’s 1973 debut film “American Graffiti,” although the carhop was...

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Visa’s Kevin Phalen: Moving B2B Payments From Acceleration To Execution
Visa’s Kevin Phalen: Moving B2B Payments From Acceleration To Execution
June 01, 2020  |  VISA

The global pandemic has created public health and economic uncertainty on a scale not seen in a generation. It has also motivated the great digital...

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MoneyLion: Navigating Customers’ New Financial Realities
MoneyLion: Navigating Customers’ New Financial Realities
June 01, 2020  |  Next-Gen Debit

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Charting The Travel Industry’s Next Adventure
Charting The Travel Industry’s Next Adventure
May 29, 2020  |  Travel Payments

The first half of 2020 has been particularly grueling for the travel industry. Jeff Cavins, CEO of recreational-vehicle rental site Outdoorsy, likens it to the...

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UPS Adds Peak Delivery Surcharge To Manage eCommerce Demand Amid Pandemic
UPS Adds Peak Delivery Surcharge To Manage eCommerce Demand Amid Pandemic
May 29, 2020  |  Delivery

Seeking to manage the overflow of cases during the pandemic, UPS is adding a new ‘peak’ surcharge similar to how they do for the busy...

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Tapping Into Mobile Payments And Retail Technology Amid Digital Shifts
Tapping Into Mobile Payments And Retail Technology Amid Digital Shifts
May 28, 2020  |  Today In Data

As retailers scramble to capture the digital shift, it’s easy for some overlooked details, such as unanswered customer complaints, to harm their brands. To prevent...

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Fed Data: The U.S. Economy Is Reopening, But Not Rebounding
Fed Data: The U.S. Economy Is Reopening, But Not Rebounding
May 27, 2020  |  Economy

Reopening? Yes, the U.S. economic reopening is just beginning. But as for a rebound, we’ll have to wait — and it’s anyone’s guess how long....

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