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.

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Airtel Africa Gets $100 Million Boost From Mastercard

Airtel Africa Gets $100 Million Boost From Mastercard
Airtel Africa Gets $100 Million Boost From Mastercard
April 01, 2021  |  Mastercard

Payments platform Airtel Africa closed a $100 million deal that gives Mastercard a 3.75 stake percent in its business, now valued at $2.65 billion. Get...

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Wag! Recruits Pet-Friendly Freelancers With Instant Payouts
Wag! Recruits Pet-Friendly Freelancers With Instant Payouts
April 01, 2021  |  Disbursements

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Restaurants Serve Up Machine Learning To Personalize Order, Payments Preferences
Restaurants Serve Up Machine Learning To Personalize Order, Payments Preferences
March 31, 2021  |  Digital Payments

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35 CEOs On Payments As The Connected Economy’s Power Source
35 CEOs On Payments As The Connected Economy’s Power Source
March 31, 2021  |  Internet of Things

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Brazilian Central Bank Gives Green Light To WhatsApp Payments
Brazilian Central Bank Gives Green Light To WhatsApp Payments
March 30, 2021  |  International

Facebook’s WhatsApp will now be able to let users send and receive payments in Brazil after receiving approval from the country’s central bank Tuesday (March...

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Travel Business Pushes Facial ID Toward Its Close Up
Travel Business Pushes Facial ID Toward Its Close Up
March 30, 2021  |  Security & Fraud

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Buffalo Market’s ‘Restaurant Bridge’ Initiative Supports Customers Amid Difficult Year
Buffalo Market’s ‘Restaurant Bridge’ Initiative Supports Customers Amid Difficult Year
March 30, 2021  |  Retail

With the restaurant industry hit hard by the events of the last year and small and midsize businesses (SMBs) disproportionately bearing the brunt of these...

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GasBuddy Payment Tool Tops 1 Million Users
GasBuddy Payment Tool Tops 1 Million Users
March 30, 2021  |  Retail

Navigation-based fuel app GasBuddy has seen the number of people using its Pay with GasBuddy payment feature escalate to more than 1 million, the company...

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Chinese Conglomerate Huawei Gains Mobile Payments License By Buying Xunlian
Chinese Conglomerate Huawei Gains Mobile Payments License By Buying Xunlian
March 29, 2021  |  Mobile Commerce

Chinese behemoth Huawei Technologies has reportedly landed a mobile payments license in China after buying Xunlian Zhifu Network. Huawei has previously used UnionPay’s mobile payment...

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