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 Capital, Founders Fund and over 100 others, according to a Friday (March 5) announcement. “Eco puts your money back to...
Google Maps is integrating with Google Pay to give users the ability to cover parking, highway tolls, public transportation and more, according to a Google blog post on Wednesday (Feb. 17). The company is collaborating with the mobile payment services Passport and ParkMobile to facilitate...
Digital wallets could soon be used to prove that a patient has been vaccinated as part of the fight against COVID-19. Los Angeles County, a hot spot for the spread of the virus, is now offering a digital record that can be placed in an...
Convenience store chain 7‑Eleven has launched the new 7-Eleven Wallet, which will allow customers to put cash into the 7-Eleven app and pay for items right from their cellphones. The new app-based 7-Eleven Wallet “offers all customers — including those who would like to load cash —...
Apple has been manufacturing its own luck since the dawn of the 21st century, with iPods, a multitude of MacBooks, iPads, wearables and seemingly ubiquitous Apple iPhones coming to stand for tech innovation at its coolest and most consumerized. Whether it’s luck, business smarts or...
Tuesday (Oct. 20th) is Apple Pay’s sixth birthday – a day that finds the digital payment method carrying a bit of the same air of great expectations that came with its launch in 2014. Apple Pay wasn’t the first mobile wallet, but it did mark the...
The launch of the Apple Pay mobile wallet has long been seen as Apple’s attempt at replacing consumers’ use of plastic cards for in-store purchases as their primary payment method. Today, Oct. 20, happens to be Apple Pay’s six-year anniversary. So, where does Apple Pay...
In a time of increasing change for retailers and consumers, the current global climate has begun accelerating the future of retail trends at a much quicker pace than previously envisioned. However, one thing still rings true: Consumers need a reason to change ingrained behaviors. Helena...
Gusto, the San Francisco-based payroll and employee benefits processor, has launched a free app to help workers save from each paycheck and access cash at no cost between paydays for unexpected expenses. Dubbed “Gusto Wallet,” it allows users to establish as many as five savings...
