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

Pay With Open Table Cuts Bill Wait In D.C.

Pay With Open Table Cuts Bill Wait In D.C.
Pay With Open Table Cuts Bill Wait In D.C.
October 15, 2014  |  Mobile

By nature Washington, D.C., is a fast-paced population who like restaurants but don’t like to wait. With the launch of Pay with Open Table mobile...

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Among (The Few) M-Pay Users, NFC  Is Popular
Among (The Few) M-Pay Users, NFC Is Popular
September 16, 2014  |  Cybersecurity

NFC is not quite the method of mobile payments most users are most familiar.  That honor still goes to the QR code or barcode which...

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Most Mobile Apps Will Fail Security Test Next Year
Most Mobile Apps Will Fail Security Test Next Year
September 16, 2014  |  Cybersecurity

Analyst firm Gartner has issued a report predicting that 75 percent of mobile apps, by next year, will flunk even most rudimentary of security requirements....

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Bill Gates Focused On Digital Payments For Poor
Bill Gates Focused On Digital Payments For Poor
September 15, 2014  |  Alternative Credit

Though there has been a lot of talk and media coverage about the tremendous potential mobile payments offer to the poor, underbanked and financially disenfranchised...

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Amex Exec Says Mobile Payments A Failure
Amex Exec Says Mobile Payments A Failure
September 09, 2014  |  Mobile Commerce

On the eve of Apple’s unveiling of its new iPhone-based payment system, a top executive at American Express said that, so far, efforts to get...

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Does Mobile Payments Need To Be Regulated?
Does Mobile Payments Need To Be Regulated?
September 08, 2014  |  Exclusive Series

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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