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

Visa Teams With Nigeria’s Paga For Global FinTech

Visa Teams With Nigeria’s Paga For Global FinTech
Visa Teams With Nigeria’s Paga For Global FinTech
March 09, 2020  |  Partnerships

Visa is partnering with the Nigeria-based startup Paga to bring payments technology to Africa and abroad, according to reports on Monday (March 9). Get the...

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Deep Dive: Consumers Consider BNPL Solutions For Routine Retail Purchases
Deep Dive: Consumers Consider BNPL Solutions For Routine Retail Purchases
March 09, 2020  |  BNPL

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COVID-19 ‘Supply Buying’ Frenzy Keeps Patients – And Providers – At Risk
COVID-19 ‘Supply Buying’ Frenzy Keeps Patients – And Providers – At Risk
March 06, 2020  |  Retail

The laws of economics — supply and demand — state that as items become scarce, prices go up. The law of unintended consequences states that...

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Instacart Launches Doorstep Grocery Delivery Amid Coronavirus Scare
Instacart Launches Doorstep Grocery Delivery Amid Coronavirus Scare
March 06, 2020  |  Retail

Instacart said on Thursday (March 5) that it would launch its door-step grocery drop-off service to all customers amid the fear of the coronavirus outbreak,...

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Credit Bureaus Aim To Bulk Up Files For Borrowers With Little Credit History By Using Rent-Payment Data
Credit Bureaus Aim To Bulk Up Files For Borrowers With Little Credit History By Using...
March 06, 2020  |  Banking

Credit bureaus are aiming to thicken up the “thin” credit files of borrowers who have too little credit history to qualify for loans using the...

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Ford/Allstate Data Pact Aims To Lower Auto Premiums
Ford/Allstate Data Pact Aims To Lower Auto Premiums
March 05, 2020  |  Merchant Innovation

When it comes to insurance, gauging risk and premiums, every bit of data – and every mile – counts. Get the Full Story Complete the...

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How DSW Is Using POS Financing To Boost Online Spend
How DSW Is Using POS Financing To Boost Online Spend
March 05, 2020  |  BNPL

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When The Going Gets Tough, The Tough Buy (Campbell’s) Soup
When The Going Gets Tough, The Tough Buy (Campbell’s) Soup
March 05, 2020  |  Retail

When the going gets tough, the tough — buy soup, apparently. And lots of it if recent reports from last weekend are to be believed and Americans...

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