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)

Growing Smartphone Usage Boosts MENA Non-Cash Payments
Growing Smartphone Usage Boosts MENA Non-Cash Payments
April 20, 2022  |  Mobile Payments

Long gone are the days when making mobile or digital purchases in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) was an almost impossible task. According...

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Payments Firms MYPINPAD and SmartPesa Plan to Merge
Payments Firms MYPINPAD and SmartPesa Plan to Merge
April 19, 2022  |  Partnerships

Mobile payments company MYPINPAD will merge with payments and banking solutions provider SmartPesa, the companies said in a news release Tuesday (April 19). “Customers will...

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Millennial Buyers Are Driving Force Behind B2B Digitization
Millennial Buyers Are Driving Force Behind B2B Digitization
April 18, 2022  |  B2B Payments

The B2B space’s steady trend toward digitization is continuing, with a growing share of interactions between B2B buyers and sellers taking place digitally. This move...

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Digicel: Mobile Will Drive Payments Innovation in Emerging Markets
Digicel: Mobile Will Drive Payments Innovation in Emerging Markets
April 18, 2022  |  Mobile Payments

Digicel Group CEO Aniqa Sandhu said she thinks it’s high time for emerging economies to get a payments overhaul. Sandhu recently joined Digicel, a mobile...

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UAE Merchants Enhance Customers’ Shopping Experiences With Convenient, Easy-to-Find Mobile Features
UAE Merchants Enhance Customers’ Shopping Experiences With Convenient, Easy-to-Find Mobile Features
April 18, 2022  |  Shopping

The way consumers use mobile phone devices has evolved over the last decade and played a significant role in enhancing consumers’ shopping experiences regardless of...

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PYMNTS Intelligence: How Payments Orchestration Can Help Merchants Navigate Changing Regulatory Requirements
PYMNTS Intelligence: How Payments Orchestration Can Help Merchants Navigate Changing Regulatory Requirements
April 14, 2022  |  Payments Innovation

Despite in-store sales making a comeback in 2021, online spending continues to grow since the pandemic’s onset in 2020. eCommerce sales in the United States...

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Today in the Connected Economy: OmniBiz Helps Nestle, Coke Boost and Track Sales
Today in the Connected Economy: OmniBiz Helps Nestle, Coke Boost and Track Sales
April 08, 2022  |  Connected Economy

Today in the connected economy, Nigeria’s OmniBiz inks deals with brands like Nestle, Kellogs and Coke to help them track and improve their sales in...

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EMEA Weekly: Kenyan Mobile Service Providers Join Payments Network; Zilch, Experian Partner on Customer Affordability
EMEA Weekly: Kenyan Mobile Service Providers Join Payments Network; Zilch, Experian Partner on Customer Affordability
April 08, 2022  |  International

In this week’s top Europe, Middle East and Africa news, cell phone operators in Kenya are joining a central bank initiative to integrate the nation’s...

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Today in FinTech: RITMO Raises $200M; Applied Blockchain Prepares for $60M IPO
Today in FinTech: RITMO Raises $200M; Applied Blockchain Prepares for $60M IPO
April 08, 2022  |  Technology

In today’s FinTech news, Madrid-based FinTech company RITMO raises $200 million to grow its financing and payments platform, while bitcoin mining company Applied Blockchain plans...

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