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.

(source: investopedia.com)

FinTechs Resolve Banking Barriers, Empower Egypt’s Unbanked With Mobile Technology
FinTechs Resolve Banking Barriers, Empower Egypt’s Unbanked With Mobile Technology
July 21, 2022  |  Financial Inclusion

Until recently, it could take up to three days to transfer funds between accounts in Egypt, but the introduction of instant banking payments has completely...

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Crypto.com Debuts In-App Purchasing With Google Pay
Crypto.com Debuts In-App Purchasing With Google Pay
July 21, 2022  |  Cryptocurrency

Cryptocurrency trading platform Crypto.com has launched an in-app purchase feature on Google Pay, which lets users easily buy cryptocurrencies, according to a Thursday (July 21)...

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How ‘Invisible’ Tech Is Revolutionizing the U.S. Banking System
How ‘Invisible’ Tech Is Revolutionizing the U.S. Banking System
July 19, 2022  |  Digital-First Banking

Way before he was a Broadway star, Alexander Hamilton was a formidable presence on another stage — in this case, the development of the U.S....

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Citi Says P2P Payments Are Direct Deposits to Avoid Fees
Citi Says P2P Payments Are Direct Deposits to Avoid Fees
July 18, 2022  |  Payment Methods

Citi is now accepting peer-to-peer (P2P) payments as direct deposits that qualify for checking account monthly service fee waivers, according to a Monday (July 18)...

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Instagram Users Can Now Buy Products in Chat
Instagram Users Can Now Buy Products in Chat
July 18, 2022  |  Social Commerce

Instagram has announced that shoppers can now make payments in chat for items they see while they scroll through their social media feeds, according to...

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Insurance App Provider Ranking Assesses the Competitors, Keeps 13 in Top 10
Insurance App Provider Ranking Assesses the Competitors, Keeps 13 in Top 10
July 15, 2022  |  Insurance

When you’re in insurance, you want all the news to be good. The bad news is bad for the bottom line.  Happily, in the latest...

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M-Pesa Debuts Bill Pay Tool for Airtel, Telkom Customers
M-Pesa Debuts Bill Pay Tool for Airtel, Telkom Customers
July 15, 2022  |  Mobile Payments

African money transfer service M-Pesa has debuted bill pay interoperability that lets Airtel and Telkom customers make mobile money payments directly into Safaricom’s M-PESA Pay...

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Transact Campus Acquires Mobile Ordering Platform Hangry
Transact Campus Acquires Mobile Ordering Platform Hangry
July 13, 2022  |  Acquisitions

Transact Campus, a payments company geared towards colleges and their students, has acquired its partner Hangry, a Canadian mobile ordering company. According to a Wednesday...

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Sionic Debuts Free CODE Pay Local Merchant Mobile App
Sionic Debuts Free CODE Pay Local Merchant Mobile App
July 12, 2022  |  Mobile Applications

Consumer-to-business (C2B) payments firm Sionic has debuted CODE Pay, a free mobile app for local merchants to accept real-time, bank-to-bank, lower-cost cash deposits from customers...

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