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)

Does Mobile Payments Need To Be Regulated?
Does Mobile Payments Need To Be Regulated?
September 08, 2014  |  In Depth

How should one regulate the mobile payments marketplace?  Does it even need more regulation, given that the banking, tech and card services companies that comprise...

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CluckCluck: The App For Calling, And Paying Babysitters
CluckCluck: The App For Calling, And Paying Babysitters
June 13, 2014  |  Company Spotlight

Ton of apps help parents find babysitters. But one, called CluckCluck, allows parents to not only communicate with them but pay them as well. PYMNTS.com...

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PS4 Users Can Now Buy Games With Just Their Phone Number
PS4 Users Can Now Buy Games With Just Their Phone Number
June 10, 2014  |  Merchant Innovation

Boku has joined forces with Sony to provide the Boku Payments Platform, a carrier-based billing service, for the PS4 account wallets in Canada, Germany, the...

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PYMNTS Talks Back: What Apple Did And Didn’t Say at the WWDC, Why SMBs May Be Dumping EMV … and more
PYMNTS Talks Back: What Apple Did And Didn’t Say at the WWDC, Why SMBs May...
June 07, 2014  |  Cool

Apple’s WWDC showing sort of got PYMNTS people talking about Karen Webster’s piece on Apple’s potential mobile payments ambitions. So did reports that small merchants...

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EMV Or Mobile: It’s a Risk Vs. Rewards Choice
EMV Or Mobile: It’s a Risk Vs. Rewards Choice
June 06, 2014  |  Hmmm

As merchants consider their options leading up to next year’s EMV liability-shift deadline, they are faced with the choice of upgrading their POS equipment, or...

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Square Plans to Enhance its Payments Platform
Square Plans to Enhance its Payments Platform
May 19, 2014  |  Hmmm

PYMNTS.com spoke with Square to find out if the recent announcements about Feedback and Square Order are signs for something bigger.

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LevelUp Spills The Beans on What’s Next
LevelUp Spills The Beans on What’s Next
May 10, 2014  |  Cool

The mobile commerce platform LevelUp made news that it has grown its staff by 15 percent, moved into brand new offices in Boston and has...

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PayPal Stops Promoting Card, Focuses on Creating New Payment Options
PayPal Stops Promoting Card, Focuses on Creating New Payment Options
May 08, 2014  |  Mobile

Even thought there is a lack of promotion, the company still continues to find new ways for consumers to make payments.

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RetailMeNot Earnings Show Digital Coupon Industry Boom
RetailMeNot Earnings Show Digital Coupon Industry Boom
May 07, 2014  |  Merchant Innovation

The company's strong growth indicates that more people are checking the site for digital coupons before making an online purchase.

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