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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Target Merges Cartwheel Into Its Main App

Target Merges Cartwheel Into Its Main App
Target Merges Cartwheel Into Its Main App
August 29, 2017  |  Retail

Target appears to have grown weary of maintaining separate apps – one as its flagship phone application and another displaying its Cartwheel deals – and...

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For Mobile Payments, The Lure Of Everyday Life
For Mobile Payments, The Lure Of Everyday Life
August 29, 2017  |  Today In Data

What is the tipping point for mobile payments? It’s not just infrastructure, as our latest Data Drivers details. According to Kristian Gjerding, CEO of CellPoint Mobile,...

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New York State Of (Cybersecurity) Mind
New York State Of (Cybersecurity) Mind
August 28, 2017  |  Legal & Regulation

New cyber-rules are taking effect in New York state, with wide-ranging impact for financial services players near and far.  Brexit gets down to business on...

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Wells Fargo Selects Beverly Anderson To Run Cards And Retail Services
Wells Fargo Selects Beverly Anderson To Run Cards And Retail Services
August 25, 2017  |  Banking

Wells Fargo announced Thursday (Aug. 24) it has named Beverly Anderson as head of its cards and retail services. Get the Full Story Complete the...

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3D Secure 2.0’s Six Pillars
3D Secure 2.0’s Six Pillars
August 24, 2017  |  Mobile Payments

Like Web 2.0, Mobile 2.0, and Vegetables 2.0 (And, yes, that’s a thing. Have you ever had fried brussels sprouts?), 3D-Secure 2.0 is also taking...

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Barclays Account Holders Can Now Make Payments With Siri
Barclays Account Holders Can Now Make Payments With Siri
August 22, 2017  |  Mobile Payments

Customers with a Barclays bank account can now make payments simply by asking Siri to do it for them. Get the Full Story Complete the...

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NEW REPORT: In Australia, Is Cash On The Barbie?
NEW REPORT: In Australia, Is Cash On The Barbie?
August 18, 2017  |  Cash

In Australia, cash and card-based payments have long been playing tug-of-war. In 2017, however, the balance seems to be tilting away from cash with contactless...

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Honeyfi: Love — And Better Budgeting — Can Keep Millennials Together
Honeyfi: Love — And Better Budgeting — Can Keep Millennials Together
August 17, 2017  |  Mobile

Money, as most people well know, cannot actually buy love or happiness. This fact, of course, breaks our hearts as payments experts — as we prefer everything in...

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