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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Got Rails? For Indonesia’s Xendit, Infrastructure Is Baked Into The Business Model
Got Rails? For Indonesia’s Xendit, Infrastructure Is Baked Into The Business Model
March 18, 2021  |  Payment Methods

Building a digital payments infrastructure from the ground up in Southeast Asia is every bit as challenging as it sounds. Case in point: When FinTech...

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Good Eggs’ Grocery Delivery Expands the Concept of Local Eating
Good Eggs’ Grocery Delivery Expands the Concept of Local Eating
March 16, 2021  |  Retail

In the last year, American consumers’ adoption of online grocery solutions has rapidly accelerated. PYMNTS research found that, by December, 23 percent of U.S. grocery...

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One Year: How Consumers Have Changed In Response To COVID
One Year: How Consumers Have Changed In Response To COVID
March 11, 2021  |  Coronavirus

Anniversaries are usually happy events — celebrated with gifts, balloons and parties to celebrate. But the anniversary we as a nation collectively pass this week...

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Paytm Launches Smart POS For Androids To Accept Contactless Payments
Paytm Launches Smart POS For Androids To Accept Contactless Payments
March 09, 2021  |  Mobile Commerce

Paytm has launched a service that turns an Android cellphone into a point-of-service (POS) terminal, the company said in a blog post. The move comes...

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Gift Cards Scan Their Way Into The Digital-First Economy
Gift Cards Scan Their Way Into The Digital-First Economy
March 09, 2021  |  Payment Methods

There’s no shortage of evidence for the digital shift, especially when it comes to changes in the way consumers are now paying for goods and...

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Digital Wallet Eco Notches $26 Million In a16z Crypto-Led Round
Digital Wallet Eco Notches $26 Million In a16z Crypto-Led Round
March 05, 2021  |  Mobile Wallets

Digital wallet Eco has landed more than $26 million in an a16z Crypto-led investment round that saw the involvement of Slow Ventures, Coinbase Ventures, Activant...

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Bank Jago To Offer Some Banking Services Early
Bank Jago To Offer Some Banking Services Early
March 05, 2021  |  Digital-First Banking

Bank Jago plans to start offering some banking services in mobile apps ahead of its rollout of full-fledged products, Bloomberg reports. Get the Full Story...

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FIS Bets On Digital Wallets To Change The POS Experience
FIS Bets On Digital Wallets To Change The POS Experience
March 05, 2021  |  Payment Methods

For many of us, the past year has been something akin to a “digital immersion class”— and it’s been mandatory, not elective. Get the Full...

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Tapping Payment Orchestration To Get Travel Industry Back On Track
Tapping Payment Orchestration To Get Travel Industry Back On Track
March 05, 2021  |  Travel Payments

The ultimate goal in the payments world is invisibility — a transaction that happens so seamlessly that it fades into the background of a purchase...

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