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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SoftBank, Ant Financial Back India’s Paytm With $1B Funding

SoftBank, Ant Financial Back India’s Paytm With $1B Funding
SoftBank, Ant Financial Back India’s Paytm With $1B Funding
November 25, 2019  |  Payment Methods

India’s mobile payments startup Paytm said on Monday (Nov. 25) that it secured $1 billion in new funds from Japan’s SoftBank and China’s Alibaba affiliate...

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Subscription Commerce’s Recurring Value Challenge
Subscription Commerce’s Recurring Value Challenge
November 25, 2019  |  Subscriptions

Subscription commerce is all the rage and shows every sign that it will keep growing in the 2020s. It can be tempting to assume that...

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Tackling AP Automation’s ‘Chicken-And-Egg’ Problem
Tackling AP Automation’s ‘Chicken-And-Egg’ Problem
November 25, 2019  |  Accounts Payable

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Moving Issuers — And Auth Rates — Past Fraud Prevention To Revenue Protection
Moving Issuers — And Auth Rates — Past Fraud Prevention To Revenue Protection
November 22, 2019  |  Cybersecurity

Fraud is hardly a new phenomenon in retail — in fact, it is probably safe to assume that fraud in some form or other has...

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Mastercard Teams With Galileo For Instant Debit Card Issuing
Mastercard Teams With Galileo For Instant Debit Card Issuing
November 21, 2019  |  Innovation

Mastercard and Galileo have announced Thursday (Nov. 21) a collaboration to help FinTechs and other financial-affiliated businesses with fast issuing of debit cards and bank...

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Qualcomm Expects 5G Adoption To Outpace 4G
Qualcomm Expects 5G Adoption To Outpace 4G
November 21, 2019  |  Innovation

As retailers and payment service providers look for what might be their best 5G edges, clarity is emerging about the pace of the global rollout...

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Flipkart Invests $4M In EasyRewardz To Boost Customer Engagement
Flipkart Invests $4M In EasyRewardz To Boost Customer Engagement
November 21, 2019  |  Investments

Flipkart announced that it has invested $4 million (about Rs 29 crore) in rewards platform EasyRewardz in India, giving Flipkart a 20 percent stake in...

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Shift Online Prompts Walmart To Overhaul Grocery Options
Shift Online Prompts Walmart To Overhaul Grocery Options
November 21, 2019  |  Retail

To better compete with Amazon, Walmart has decided to revamp its one of its most important lines of defense: the produce department. Get the Full...

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