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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Western Union, TerraPay Team Up For Mobile Wallet Payout Options

Western Union, TerraPay Team Up For Mobile Wallet Payout Options
Western Union, TerraPay Team Up For Mobile Wallet Payout Options
December 13, 2018  |  B2B Payments

Western Union has teamed up with TerraPay, a B2B mobile payments company, to enable bank account and mobile wallet payouts, according to the company. Get...

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How Will 5G Shake Up Banking And FinTech?
How Will 5G Shake Up Banking And FinTech?
December 12, 2018  |  Mobile

Financial institutions are in the midst of becoming more mobile, with many of those legacy operations opting to work more closely with FinTech providers to...

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Today In Data: The ‘Two Steps Forward, One Step Back’ Dance In Payments And Commerce
Today In Data: The ‘Two Steps Forward, One Step Back’ Dance In Payments And Commerce
December 12, 2018  |  Today In Data

While progress is always ongoing in payments and commerce, its path isn’t always straightforward or even. In China, mobile payments adoption has been racing forward,...

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How Five Retailers Are Catering To Smartphone Shoppers
How Five Retailers Are Catering To Smartphone Shoppers
December 12, 2018  |  Retail

Consumers are tethered to their smartphones, and their affinity for connected devices extends into commerce – they are using these tools when they go shopping,...

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ShopKeep Closes $65M Growth Round
ShopKeep Closes $65M Growth Round
December 11, 2018  |  Investments

ShopKeep, a tablet-to-cloud and point-of-sale (POS) payment platform for retailers and restaurants, has closed a $65 million round of equity and debt financing, according to...

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How Digital Will Change Brick-and-Mortar In 2019
How Digital Will Change Brick-and-Mortar In 2019
December 11, 2018  |  Retail

Give a deep and welcoming hello to the newest form of window shopping — a consumer behavior that will help to shape retail in 2019...

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Mastercard, Cardstream Team To Promote UK Digital Payments
Mastercard, Cardstream Team To Promote UK Digital Payments
December 11, 2018  |  Digital Payments

Cardstream, the U.K. provider of white-label payment software and services, announced on Tuesday (Dec. 11) the launch of a new initiative that is aimed at accelerating...

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EU Reg Could Probe Apple Pay For Market Dominance
EU Reg Could Probe Apple Pay For Market Dominance
December 10, 2018  |  Apple Pay

Regulators in the European Union looked at Apple Pay, the company’s mobile payment system, and came to a conclusion about its market dominance, according to...

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