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)

Flywire’s Payment Volume Surges 85 Pct As Pandemic Pressures Ease
Flywire’s Payment Volume Surges 85 Pct As Pandemic Pressures Ease
August 10, 2021  |  Earnings

Flywire, which focuses on high-value payments in healthcare, education and travel, reported Tuesday (Aug. 10) that its total payments volume soared 85 percent year over...

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API Links FinTechs To Fed Payment Rails
API Links FinTechs To Fed Payment Rails
August 09, 2021  |  Digital-First Banking

If done right, the expansion into high value, real-time B2B payments will be a “huge game changer,” Reserve Trust CEO Dave Wright told PYMNTS, pointing...

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CFOs Getting Pressed To Go Beyond Paper, Process Reductions With Digital Upgrades
CFOs Getting Pressed To Go Beyond Paper, Process Reductions With Digital Upgrades
August 09, 2021  |  B2B Payments

As finance chiefs take the reins on digitization, they’re beginning to shift their mindset and adjust the goal posts, as simply getting rid of paper...

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India’s Delivery App Zomato To Launch Payments Service
India’s Delivery App Zomato To Launch Payments Service
August 05, 2021  |  Digital Payments

Food delivery app Zomato is planning to debut a new FinTech experiment called Zomato Payments, VCCircle reported. Zomato, in a regulatory filing this week, said...

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Western Union Moves 910 Million Steps Closer To Fulfilling Its Global Connected Ecosystem Vision
Western Union Moves 910 Million Steps Closer To Fulfilling Its Global Connected Ecosystem Vision
August 05, 2021  |  Earnings

It was a two-for-one kind of day from Western Union. It released its Q2 earnings Wednesday (Aug. 4) alongside the announcement of its plans to sell Western...

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West Africa’s Telco Infrastructure Lays The Groundwork For B2B Payments Modernization
West Africa’s Telco Infrastructure Lays The Groundwork For B2B Payments Modernization
August 03, 2021  |  B2B Payments

Infrastructure underpinned by technology is critical to modernizing the payments landscape of any market. In Francophone West Africa, the payments infrastructure remains well behind those...

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Mastercard Moves To Eliminate ‘Fiat Burden’ And Compliance Worries From Crypto Cards
Mastercard Moves To Eliminate ‘Fiat Burden’ And Compliance Worries From Crypto Cards
August 03, 2021  |  Payment Methods

To get crypto cards into the hands of the masses, to get them spending in commercial and retail use cases … well, the cards have...

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Low Cost, Real Time Cross Border Payments Set Sights On Credit Card-Linked Transfers
Low Cost, Real Time Cross Border Payments Set Sights On Credit Card-Linked Transfers
August 03, 2021  |  Faster Payments

The stage is set for a new era of cross-border payments to take hold that will not only be more streamlined and faster than existing...

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NEW DATA: Why 75 Pct Of Consumers Skip Using Digital Cards
NEW DATA: Why 75 Pct Of Consumers Skip Using Digital Cards
August 02, 2021  |  Digital Payments

The digital payment experience offered by the Starbucks app captured consumers’ attention when it was rolled out over a decade ago, triggering a wave of...

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