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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Meta Lets Small Businesses Offer In-WhatsApp Payments
Meta Lets Small Businesses Offer In-WhatsApp Payments
September 18, 2025  |  SMBs

Meta will let small businesses offer a payment option within the WhatsApp Business App. The new service was one of several announced in a Thursday...

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Acquirers Race to Outsource Speed as Mobile Shoppers Shift
Acquirers Race to Outsource Speed as Mobile Shoppers Shift
September 16, 2025  |  Mobile Payments

Watch more: Acquirers and Payment Infrastructure — Powering the Mobile-First Future Acquirers must future-proof their operations in an increasingly mobile-first world. As Visa Acceptance Solutions...

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One-Click Convenience Drives Australia’s Mobile Shopping
One-Click Convenience Drives Australia’s Mobile Shopping
September 11, 2025  |  Mobile

Australia, while a burgeoning mobile-first market, presents a paradox for financial institutions, FinTech innovators and payment providers. In the Land Down Under, there’s a population...

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Irish Banks Plan Mobile Payments System to Counter Revolut
Irish Banks Plan Mobile Payments System to Counter Revolut
September 08, 2025  |  Banking

Ireland’s three retail banks say they will introduce a mobile payment service next year. Zippay, a joint collaboration by AIB, Bank of Ireland and PTSB,...

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Phones Overtake Cards as Singapore’s Favorite Checkout Tool
Phones Overtake Cards as Singapore’s Favorite Checkout Tool
August 12, 2025  |  Mobile

Singapore is among the nations most visibly moving toward mobile-first shopping. In the “2025 Global Digital Shopping Index: Singapore Edition,” released by PYMNTS Intelligence and...

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Google Play Launches K PLUS in First for SE Asian Payments
Google Play Launches K PLUS in First for SE Asian Payments
July 31, 2025  |  Mobile Payments

Google Play launched a partnership with Thailand-based Kasikornbank and Ant International’s Antom. The collaboration resulted in the launch of K Plus as a new local...

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Instant Payments Rewrite Treasury Playbooks
Instant Payments Rewrite Treasury Playbooks
July 25, 2025  |  Opinion

Instant payments are set to disrupt B2B transactions as businesses adapt around their speed, WEX President of Corporate Payments Eric Frankovic writes in the new...

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18% of Consumers Are ‘Committed’ Mobile Wallet Users Defining Future Payment Flows
18% of Consumers Are ‘Committed’ Mobile Wallet Users Defining Future Payment Flows
July 14, 2025  |  Mobile

Global payments are being driven by a generational shift toward mobile wallets that began with young consumers and is now influencing all age groups. The...

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76% of Consumers Now Own Four or More Connected Devices
76% of Consumers Now Own Four or More Connected Devices
July 08, 2025  |  Connected Economy

The way people use technology is changing, creating a complex situation for banks and retailers. Even though more devices are connected, many people are happy...

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