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Visa’s Plaid FinTech Play, RTP And BNPL Top This Week’s News
News // January 17, 2020

It’s the end of the workweek, and the PYMNTS Weekender is here to make sure you didn’t miss anything with the latest in payments and commerce news. We have a deep dive into real-time payments and news on Visa‘s FinTech play with Plaid and insight into...

App Annie: Mobile Companies Valued 6X Higher Than Firms Without Mobile Focus
Mobile Commerce // January 16, 2020

Go mobile or go back home — especially when it comes to payment and finance. That is one thing that came to mind on Wednesday (Jan. 15) with the release of The State of Mobile in 2020, the latest and highly anticipated report from mobile data...

App Annie: Mobile Companies Valued 6X Higher Than Those Without Mobile Focus
Mobile // January 15, 2020

Mobile data and analytics company App Annie released its annual report The State of Mobile in 2020, offering a deep dive into the mobile ecosystem in 2019. The annual report offers a perspective of mobile’s impact across industries and the global economy. Consumers downloaded a...

App Spending Increases As Payments Get Deeper Into The Game
Mobile Applications // December 18, 2019

The year is ending strong for app downloads, among the most important and challenging part of payments and commerce. According to the latest from App Annie, 2019 is on track for a 5 percent year-over-year increase in consumer app downloads via the Apple and Google ecosystem...

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App Annie: Consumers Spending In App Stores Up 25 Pct To $112 Billion

December 09, 2020
Spending in app stores soared this year, according to a report from App Annie, with the global spend total hitting $112 billion and growing 25 percent since last year. Spending in Apple‘s App Store and Google‘s Google Play set a new record, App Annie said in the report, and despite 65 cents of every dollar […]

App Annie: Mobile Companies Valued 6X Higher Than Those Without Mobile Focus

January 15, 2020
Mobile data and analytics company App Annie released its annual report The State of Mobile in 2020, offering a deep dive into the mobile ecosystem in 2019. The annual report...

App Store, Google Play See $22B In Q3 Mobile App Spend

October 10, 2019
Two recent studies on app activity show that global app revenue grew significantly year-over-year in the third quarter of 2019. A Sensor Tower study said that customers spent about $21.9...

Contrary To Kylie Jenner, Snapchat Is Doing Just Fine After Redesign

March 01, 2018
Wall Street doesn’t seem to care what Kylie Jenner thinks. Despite Jenner’s – and many users’ –criticism of its redesign, Snap shares went up about 5 percent on Wednesday, while...