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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Mastercard: Micro Businesses Can Move Financial Inclusion’s Largest Roadblocks

Mastercard: Micro Businesses Can Move Financial Inclusion’s Largest Roadblocks
Mastercard: Micro Businesses Can Move Financial Inclusion’s Largest Roadblocks
September 22, 2017  |  B2B Payments

Promoting financial inclusion — a lofty ambition targeting two billion people around the world who currently live without the ability to securely send and receive money...

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FIS: Why Retailers Must Put Payments At The Tip Of The Spear
FIS: Why Retailers Must Put Payments At The Tip Of The Spear
September 21, 2017  |  Retail

As consumers, payments and channels evolve, many traditional merchants have been holding onto solvency by their fingernails. Most would not call the experience “fun.” But,...

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Didi Riders Can Now Use Apple Pay for Ride Sharing
Didi Riders Can Now Use Apple Pay for Ride Sharing
September 18, 2017  |  Apple Pay

Didi, the Uber of China (and, in fact, the local service that gobbled up Uber China last August), has added Apple Pay support to its...

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Marie Claire and Mastercard Team Up To Launch Pop-Up Shop
Marie Claire and Mastercard Team Up To Launch Pop-Up Shop
September 18, 2017  |  Retail

Fashion magazine Marie Claire and Mastercard, the payments company, are teaming up to launch a pop-up store dubbed The Next Big Thing Concept Shop. Get...

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Venmo To Let Users Pay At Williams-Sonoma
Venmo To Let Users Pay At Williams-Sonoma
September 15, 2017  |  News

Venmo, the peer-to-peer payment company, is enabling its users to pay for purchases at retailer Williams-Sonoma. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock...

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For NACHA’s Same Day ACH, The Debit Debut
For NACHA’s Same Day ACH, The Debit Debut
September 15, 2017  |  Digital Payments

And then there was Phase 2. Same Day ACH enters the newest stage of deployment, where the U.S. payments system is getting a bit of an...

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Making The Case For Mobile B2B Payments
Making The Case For Mobile B2B Payments
September 14, 2017  |  B2B Payments

The enterprise has been a bit skeptical about mobile payments. One exception may be in the T&E space, in which FinTechs are introducing ways for...

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Hawaii Goes Cashless For Marijuana
Hawaii Goes Cashless For Marijuana
September 14, 2017  |  Payment Methods

Hawaii announced that it is planning to be the first state to offer cashless cannabis sales in an effort to avoid robberies and other crimes...

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Mastercard Engage Helps Partners Mind Their Digital Gap
Mastercard Engage Helps Partners Mind Their Digital Gap
September 14, 2017  |  Mastercard

The wonders of the mobile-digital age at this point need no introduction – particularly when it comes to enabling an entirely new world of transactions....

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