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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Putting Subscription Commerce’s ‘Get, Keep and Grow’ Playbook To Work
Putting Subscription Commerce’s ‘Get, Keep and Grow’ Playbook To Work
December 22, 2020  |  Subscription Commerce

In the beginning, there were bundles. Then came unbundling, followed not long after by the introduction of “rundles,” or recurring revenue bundles. And now, thanks to a...

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Consumers Can Now Pay With SNAP EBT For H-E-B Curbside, Home Delivery
Consumers Can Now Pay With SNAP EBT For H-E-B Curbside, Home Delivery
December 22, 2020  |  Retail

Texas-based supermarket chain H-E-B will now let customers pay for groceries for curbside or home delivery using SNAP benefits online or via a mobile phone,...

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Russian Regulator Alleges Booking.com Broke Anti-Monopoly Law
Russian Regulator Alleges Booking.com Broke Anti-Monopoly Law
December 22, 2020  |  International

Russia’s federal anti-monopoly service (FAS) has accused Booking.com of reportedly violating antitrust laws in the country and abusing a dominant market position, according to Reuters...

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Lease-To-Own Business Fueled By Acima Acquisition; Company Boasts Triple-Digit Growth
Lease-To-Own Business Fueled By Acima Acquisition; Company Boasts Triple-Digit Growth
December 21, 2020  |  Buy Now Pay Later

Rent-A-Center, the largest provider of lease-to-own purchase plans in the U.S. said Monday (Dec. 21) that its acquisition of a virtual provider of similar plans...

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Is It Time For Apple To Allow Others Access To The iPhone NFC Chip?
Is It Time For Apple To Allow Others Access To The iPhone NFC Chip?
December 21, 2020  |  Payments Innovation

You can see it in the quarterly earnings reports this year of just about every publicly traded company and among the list of companies that...

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ACAMS: Biden Administration Faces Challenges On AML And Cybercrime
ACAMS: Biden Administration Faces Challenges On AML And Cybercrime
December 21, 2020  |  Security & Fraud

The incoming Biden Administration has got its work cut out for it on a number of fronts. Job No. 1 is tackling a public-health crisis the...

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What The Subscription Market’s 2020 Surge Tells Us About Retail’s 2021 Remake
What The Subscription Market’s 2020 Surge Tells Us About Retail’s 2021 Remake
December 18, 2020  |  Subscriptions

The holiday shopping season is in full swing — and it’s increasingly looking like “’tis the season for purchasing subscriptions.” Get the Full Story Complete...

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Device Desires Of Superconnected Consumers
Device Desires Of Superconnected Consumers
December 17, 2020  |  Mobile Payments

First things get miniaturized, then mini things get combined with other mini things to make something (slightly) bigger than the sum of its parts. So...

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Goodbye Plastic: Corporate Card Spend Set For Virtual Makeover
Goodbye Plastic: Corporate Card Spend Set For Virtual Makeover
December 16, 2020  |  Payment Methods

For all the pain and loss the pandemic has inflicted on the world this year, it’s refreshing to hear something positive associated with COVID-19. Get...

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