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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Beam Links Blockchain, Retail Mobile Payments

Beam Links Blockchain, Retail Mobile Payments
Beam Links Blockchain, Retail Mobile Payments
August 08, 2018  |  Blockchain

Global tech startup Beam Wallet is ready to launch a new mobile payment solution, which will link smartphones and blockchain technology to enable faster and simpler...

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Venmo Critics Cite Ongoing Privacy Concerns
Venmo Critics Cite Ongoing Privacy Concerns
August 08, 2018  |  Mobile Payments

As PayPal tries to turn Venmo into a mainstream payments app, there are concerns over consumer privacy. Get the Full Story Complete the form to...

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WePay’s Aberman: It’s Time For POS Dinosaurs To Die Out
WePay’s Aberman: It’s Time For POS Dinosaurs To Die Out
August 08, 2018  |  Retail

When it comes to the topic of future proofing, WePay Co-founder Rich Aberman told Karen Webster for this week’s edition of Unscripted Podcast, one should...

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Entersekt Finds Trust Can Help Banks Get Ahead In Mobile FinTech
Entersekt Finds Trust Can Help Banks Get Ahead In Mobile FinTech
August 08, 2018  |  Banking

As mobile commerce and apps become more sophisticated (cooler, perhaps), it can be easy to look down on the contribution of banks to this expanding...

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Worldnet Brings ‘Quickchip’ To POS; Lurraldebus Rolls Out Mobile Tickets
Worldnet Brings ‘Quickchip’ To POS; Lurraldebus Rolls Out Mobile Tickets
August 07, 2018  |  Global Payments

Welcome to The Axis, your late look at payments news from around the world. Coverage includes a mobile wallet pilot by Banco Agrario, Telefonica Colombia and...

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Today In Data: Slow And Steady Is The Pace
Today In Data: Slow And Steady Is The Pace
August 07, 2018  |  Today In Data

The preferred speed setting for everything in the era of cloud connectivity, mobile and digitization is “faster.” Suppliers want buyers to pay their invoices faster, employees want to be...

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Starbucks Isn’t Accepting Digital Tokens As A Payment Method
Starbucks Isn’t Accepting Digital Tokens As A Payment Method
August 06, 2018  |  Cryptocurrency

Starbucks is not accepting cryptocurrencies as a payment method, despite media reports that alluded to that. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock...

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Today In Data: Pulling Off A Good Twist Ending
Today In Data: Pulling Off A Good Twist Ending
August 06, 2018  |  Today In Data

It will never be said of Apple that they lacked a flair for the dramatic – and hitting the U.S. public market’s first $1 trillion market...

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Could Grubhub Become The Amazon Of Restaurants?
Could Grubhub Become The Amazon Of Restaurants?
August 06, 2018  |  Delivery

Grubhub made news a couple weeks ago when it simultaneously delivered a very strong Q2 2018 earnings report and announced the acquisition of LevelUp. Get...

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