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)

‘eLevy’ Causes Mobile Money Concerns in Ghana
‘eLevy’ Causes Mobile Money Concerns in Ghana
May 02, 2022  |  Taxes

This week marks the launch of Ghana’s “eLevy,” a 1.5% tax on all mobile money transactions higher than 100 Ghanaian cedis (about $13). But as...

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Authvia Raises $7M to Expand Its Text-to-Pay Solution
Authvia Raises $7M to Expand Its Text-to-Pay Solution
April 29, 2022  |  Investments

Pay2Day Solutions, or Authvia, has closed a Series A round for $7 million, which will be used to boost partner channels, sales and marketing efforts,...

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MercadoLibre’s Payments App Packs Lucrative Wallop in Latam
MercadoLibre’s Payments App Packs Lucrative Wallop in Latam
April 28, 2022  |  Mobile Payments

MercadoPago, the payments division of MercadoLibre — a Latin American eCommerce giant akin to Amazon — is now one of the company’s most profitable units,...

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Aeropay, Flowhub Team to Offer ACH for Cannabis Sales
Aeropay, Flowhub Team to Offer ACH for Cannabis Sales
April 28, 2022  |  Partnerships

Digital payments provider Aeropay has joined forces with cannabis sale platform Flowhub to offer ACH payments for more than 1,000 dispensaries using Flowhub’s software. The...

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Amazon Just Walk Out Technology Comes to Seattle’s T-Mobile Park
Amazon Just Walk Out Technology Comes to Seattle’s T-Mobile Park
April 28, 2022  |  Amazon Technology

The Seattle Mariners and hospitality partner Sodexo Live! said this week that Amazon’s Just Walk Out technology and Amazon One are coming to T-Mobile Park,...

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Fintiv Sues PayPal, Apple Pay, Alleging Patent Infringement
Fintiv Sues PayPal, Apple Pay, Alleging Patent Infringement
April 27, 2022  |  Legal

Mobile payments and commerce platform Fintiv has slapped PayPal and Apple Pay with a lawsuit on allegations of patent infringement, according to Asia Financial and...

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EU FinTechs Drawn to MENA Region’s Digital Payments and Merchant Growth
EU FinTechs Drawn to MENA Region’s Digital Payments and Merchant Growth
April 26, 2022  |  Digital Payments

The introduction of open banking, enabled by the revised Payment Services Directive (PSD2), has significantly transformed the digital payments space in Europe, boosting competition in...

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Utilities Amped Over Cash Flow Gains From Digitized Bill Payments
Utilities Amped Over Cash Flow Gains From Digitized Bill Payments
April 22, 2022  |  Digital Payments

Effecting digital change in the smokestack economy is a bit like steering a battleship. Nothing changes on a dime, in other words. ACI Worldwide Executive...

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As WhatsApp Stumbles in Brazil, Huge P2B Mobile Payments Opportunity up for Grabs
As WhatsApp Stumbles in Brazil, Huge P2B Mobile Payments Opportunity up for Grabs
April 20, 2022  |  Mobile Payments

Merchant acceptance is key for new payments methodologies to reach critical mass, to truly become ingrained in commerce. In Brazil, Meta, in its bid to...

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