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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Africa’s Quiet Cashless Payments Revolution

Africa’s Quiet Cashless Payments Revolution
Africa’s Quiet Cashless Payments Revolution
January 01, 2020  |  Digital Payments

While one might assume that a payments revolution would be a hard thing to miss, as it turns out, it can happen. It all depends...

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Reinventing Retail’s ‘Anchor Store’ For The Omnicommerce Age
Reinventing Retail’s ‘Anchor Store’ For The Omnicommerce Age
December 30, 2019  |  Retail

That Amazon is a widely lionized yet simultaneously imitated force in retail is not surprising. Ever since Amazon introduced a one-click checkout, a loyalty program...

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Did Blockchain Peak In 2019?
Did Blockchain Peak In 2019?
December 27, 2019  |  News

To separate hype from hope, and to separate both from reality… Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited...

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Payments Flash-Forward: Why December 2020 Will Be One To Remember
Payments Flash-Forward: Why December 2020 Will Be One To Remember
December 26, 2019  |  In Depth

PYMNTS asked 30 payment executives to make a prediction about payments and commerce that they’d put in a time capsule to be unearthed at the...

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China’s Central Bank Says Libra, Stablecoins A Threat To Yuan
China’s Central Bank Says Libra, Stablecoins A Threat To Yuan
December 24, 2019  |  Cryptocurrency

With the worldwide use of Facebook’s Libra, as well as other stable coins, the international development of China’s yuan could be hampered. Also, they could...

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Super Saturday Pulls In Record-Breaking $34.4B In Retail Sales
Super Saturday Pulls In Record-Breaking $34.4B In Retail Sales
December 24, 2019  |  Retail

Exceeding forecasts, Dec. 21, the last Saturday shopping day before Christmas 2019, has been confirmed as the single biggest retail sales day in U.S. History....

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Chinese Hacking Attacks Take Down 2FA
Chinese Hacking Attacks Take Down 2FA
December 24, 2019  |  Safety and Security

In a recent series of attacks, security researchers claim they have found indications that a hacking group linked to the Chinese government has been going...

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Bitcoin Daily: PBOC Says Digital Yuan Won’t Need Currency Reserves, Hackers Steal $480K From Nuls
Bitcoin Daily: PBOC Says Digital Yuan Won’t Need Currency Reserves, Hackers Steal $480K From Nuls
December 24, 2019  |  What's Hot

The People’s Bank of China said that China’s cryptocurrency, the digital yuan, will not need a currency basket to keep its value, according to a...

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Care.com Deal Offers A Premium, But (Trust) Issues May Linger
Care.com Deal Offers A Premium, But (Trust) Issues May Linger
December 23, 2019  |  Gig Economy

This is a platform that will take some, well, care. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free...

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