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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India’s KYC Mobile Payments Roadblock

India’s KYC Mobile Payments Roadblock
India’s KYC Mobile Payments Roadblock
March 22, 2018  |  Mobile Payments

In late 2016, India’s government surprised the world with a decision to push the race for payment digitization from a marathon to a sprint, by...

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How Gift Certificates Evolved From Paper To Wearables
How Gift Certificates Evolved From Paper To Wearables
March 20, 2018  |  Retail

In the 1930s, gift certificates made their debut at major department stores. But they weren’t available to everyone. Get the Full Story Complete the form...

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Building Bridges For Chinese Consumers To U.S. Commerce
Building Bridges For Chinese Consumers To U.S. Commerce
March 20, 2018  |  Mobile Commerce

According to the U.S. Commerce Department, 2.97 million Chinese nationals visited the U.S. in 2016 (the last year for which data is available), spending a net total...

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Google Pay Now Accepted At Las Vegas Monorail
Google Pay Now Accepted At Las Vegas Monorail
March 19, 2018  |  Google

Google enters the transportation industry with Google Pay, announcing news on Monday (March 19) that consumers can now pay for tickets for a ride on the...

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First Data Expands Alipay Acceptance To 600M Chinese Users
First Data Expands Alipay Acceptance To 600M Chinese Users
March 19, 2018  |  Mobile Payments

Ant Financial’s Alipay is expanding across North America as it broadens its partnership with First Data, the companies announced Monday (March 19). Get the Full...

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Macy’s Rolls Out Mobile Checkout
Macy’s Rolls Out Mobile Checkout
March 19, 2018  |  Retail

In an effort to make checkout easier for customers, Macy’s plans to roll out mobile checkout in its brick-and-mortar stores. The technology, which is powered...

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Ant Financial Buys 45 Percent Stake In Telenor Microfinance Bank
Ant Financial Buys 45 Percent Stake In Telenor Microfinance Bank
March 14, 2018  |  Investments

Telenor Group announced news on Tuesday (March 13) that it made a strategic partnership with Ant Financial Services Group in which Ant acquires a 45...

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Pass The Check: Masterpass Deploys At Restaurants
Pass The Check: Masterpass Deploys At Restaurants
March 13, 2018  |  ResTech

Smartphones at the dinner table? Bruno Degiovanni, VP of digital payments Western Europe at Mastercard, is against it – and as an Italian, he’s not...

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Ripple Rolls Out Payment App To 61 Japanese Banks
Ripple Rolls Out Payment App To 61 Japanese Banks
March 07, 2018  |  Mobile Payments

Ripple — the blockchain company whose technology powers the cryptocurrency XRP — has created a new payment app in which transactions are settled instantly. Get the...

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