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)

Adidas Puts Best Shoe Forward With Personalized Digital Payments
Adidas Puts Best Shoe Forward With Personalized Digital Payments
December 07, 2022  |  Digital Payments

To flip the Adidas tagline, nothing is impossible when you have great digital payment options. Speaking with PYMNTS as part of the ACI Merchant Series,...

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McDonald’s Conveyor Belt Drive-Thru Leads Spate of Takeout Tinkering
McDonald’s Conveyor Belt Drive-Thru Leads Spate of Takeout Tinkering
December 01, 2022  |  Restaurant innovation

As restaurant brands look to secure consumers’ digital loyalty, McDonald’s is testing new store formats.  The quick-service restaurant (QSR) brand announced in a company blog post Thursday (Dec. 1)...

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60% of Consumers Say Discounts Will Determine Holiday Shopping Loyalty 
60% of Consumers Say Discounts Will Determine Holiday Shopping Loyalty 
December 01, 2022  |  Retail

A new study shows price is everything as budget-minded decisions are consumers’ top drivers. In the latest edition of “New Reality Check: The Paycheck-To-Paycheck Report:...

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Mobile Checkout Brings Ease of eCommerce Payments Into Stores
Mobile Checkout Brings Ease of eCommerce Payments Into Stores
December 01, 2022  |  Retail

Payments innovators are pushing past omnichannel retailing to meld POS-capable channels tied to databases. It’s a unified commerce approach that brings capabilities like checkout anywhere...

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Spain’s Bizum Banks on Point of Sale Expansion to Drive Growth
Spain’s Bizum Banks on Point of Sale Expansion to Drive Growth
December 01, 2022  |  Mobile Payments

Since its launch in 2016, Bizum has become an integral part of Spain’s payment ecosystem. But although the mobile payment system boasts over 22 million...

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Jingle Pay Launches Mastercard for Unbanked UAE Residents
Jingle Pay Launches Mastercard for Unbanked UAE Residents
November 29, 2022  |  Financial Inclusion

Jingle Pay has partnered with Mastercard to issue physical and virtual cards to users of its financial app. The Dubai-based FinTech said in a Tuesday...

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Elon Musk Super Far From Goal of Twitter Super App
Elon Musk Super Far From Goal of Twitter Super App
November 29, 2022  |  Connected Economy

The idea of creating a super app is hardly new, and won’t be easy for Twitter. “Buying Twitter is an accelerant to creating X, the...

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Venmo Offers Help for High Inflation Holidays
Venmo Offers Help for High Inflation Holidays
November 22, 2022  |  Mobile Payments

With Americans preparing to enter a holiday shopping season they might not be able to afford, Venmo has debuted a pair of tools it says...

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More Restaurant Customers Want and Expect Tableside Payments
More Restaurant Customers Want and Expect Tableside Payments
November 18, 2022  |  ResTech

As technology takes over the restaurant industry, even full-service restaurants (FSRs) are facing increasing consumer expectations of digital efficiency. Chris Simms, founder and CEO of...

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