Contactless payment for purchases at the point of sale (POS) has retained its pandemic-boosted popularity, and physical cards and mobile devices equipped with near-field communication (NFC) technology allow consumers to simply and conveniently tap to pay in-store at virtually all retailers and restaurants. While NFC...
Administrations come and go promising healthcare reform, but it’s nimble and creative FinTechs that are making it happen, creating connected digital ecosystems that add value to healthcare programs with unified loyalty, incentive and financing options suited to today’s demands. Speaking with PYMNTS’ Karen Webster for...
It’s been a nearly 15-month wait, but finally the European Commission has approved the merger of Danish digital payments app MobilePay and Norwegian smartphone digital payments app Vipps to form a new entity — “Vipps MobilePay” — effective Tuesday (Nov. 1). The new joint venture,...
Digital wallet adoption is on the rise at the grocery store, and merchants that do not yet accept mobile payments may need to step it up if they want to remain competitive. By the Numbers Data from PYMNTS’ new study “Connected Wellness: The Next Prescription...
They grow up so fast. It’s hard to believe that the Apple Pay mobile wallet turns 8 this year, and equally hard to fathom why adoption hasn’t soared along with other pandemic use cases. In the PYMNTS report “Apple Pay at 8: Connected-Tech Consumers Lead...
As part of the ongoing separation of Airtel Africa’s mobile money business from the parent telecommunications company, Airtel Kenya’s division has become the latest to spin off its mobile money services and will now be operated under a separate legal entity. In an interview with...
On Oct. 20, 2014, Apple launched Apple Pay, an ambitious vision to revolutionize payments mobility and security. The product promised to replace cards at the point of sale with digital wallets conveniently located in their iPhones. PYMNTS estimates that more than three-quarters of major United...
Samsung Electronics will launch its Samsung Wallet in 11 new markets in Europe, the Middle East and Africa (EMEA) before the end of the year, the company announced in a Friday (Oct. 14) press release. The digital wallet will also become available in Kazakhstan and...
When PYMNTS assessed the landscape of digital payments in Italy for the “Benchmarking the EU’s Digital Engagement” series, it was observed that the country sits around the middle of the table for mobile wallet usage. In fact, Italians use the payment method for 42.1% of...
