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)

To Move Into The Mainstream, DeFi Needs To Double Down On Digital IDs
To Move Into The Mainstream, DeFi Needs To Double Down On Digital IDs
July 30, 2021  |  Digital Identity

Decentralized finance — DeFi for short — is taking its place among the buzzwords of 2021, where excitement (and depending on where you look, perhaps...

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Zelle Payments Transactions Increase 58 Pct; Reaches 500M US Bank Accounts
Zelle Payments Transactions Increase 58 Pct; Reaches 500M US Bank Accounts
July 29, 2021  |  Earnings

The Zelle® Network processed $120 billion on 436 million transactions in the second quarter, the company announced Thursday (July 29). Early Warning Services, the corporate...

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How Resorts World Las Vegas Is Bringing Digital Disbursements, Payments To In-Person Betting
How Resorts World Las Vegas Is Bringing Digital Disbursements, Payments To In-Person Betting
July 29, 2021  |  Disbursements

As casinos get back to normal with in-person gaming, consumers are unwilling to leave their new digital habits at the door. But as Rick Hutchins,...

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Play2Pay CEO Says Gamification May Be The Future Of Payments
Play2Pay CEO Says Gamification May Be The Future Of Payments
July 29, 2021  |  Payment Methods

Log on. Choose a game, play the game. Watch a video. Complete a survey. Get paid for it all — and reduce your smartphone bill —...

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PayPal: Venmo Volumes Grow 58 Pct YoY To $58B
PayPal: Venmo Volumes Grow 58 Pct YoY To $58B
July 29, 2021  |  Earnings

PayPal reported second-quarter results Wednesday (July 28) that showed the great digital shift had boosted eCommerce fortunes and that peer-to-peer (P2P) payments during the period...

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‘The House Wins’ When It Comes To Casinos Offering Mobile Disbursements
‘The House Wins’ When It Comes To Casinos Offering Mobile Disbursements
July 28, 2021  |  Disbursements

Consumers are growing to expect instant disbursements across all industries, and the gaming and gambling industry is no exception. Numerous U.S. states are moving toward...

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Visa Payments Volume Up 34 Pct With Debit ‘The Engine Of Cash Digitization’
Visa Payments Volume Up 34 Pct With Debit ‘The Engine Of Cash Digitization’
July 27, 2021  |  Earnings

Whether it’s surging eCommerce transactions, a rebound in face-to-face interactions or a pop in touchless purchases, global payments giant Visa got a bit of bump...

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Square Aims To Do For Small Business Banking What Its Card Readers Did For POS
Square Aims To Do For Small Business Banking What Its Card Readers Did For POS
July 27, 2021  |  Digital-First Banking

In everyday terms, a decade is only 3,650 days. You may not look all that different today than you did in 2011, save a few...

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Afterpay Sees BNPL Pact With Westfield Shopping Centers As Brick-and-Mortar Booster
Afterpay Sees BNPL Pact With Westfield Shopping Centers As Brick-and-Mortar Booster
July 27, 2021  |  Buy Now Pay Later

For most Americans, buy now, pay later (BNPL) is still mostly an online shopping experience. That is where they first encountered the increasingly popular payment...

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