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MFS Africa Reaches Bulk Of Sub-Saharan Market With 320 Million Mobile Money Wallets
MFS Africa Reaches Bulk Of Sub-Saharan Market With 320 Million Mobile Money Wallets
March 29, 2021  |  Mobile Wallets

MFS Africa announced on Monday (March 29) that it has reached more than 320 million mobile money wallets, which means the Pan-African FinTech leader now...

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Afterpay Rolls Out In-Store Digital Card For BNPL
Afterpay Rolls Out In-Store Digital Card For BNPL
March 29, 2021  |  Buy Now Pay Later

Australia’s buy now, pay later (BNPL) startup Afterpay has introduced a virtual card solution for in-store payments, the company said in a press release on Monday...

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How The Pandemic Is Accelerating P2P, Mobile Wallet Personalization Among Online Shoppers
How The Pandemic Is Accelerating P2P, Mobile Wallet Personalization Among Online Shoppers
March 29, 2021  |  Next-Gen Debit

Consumers are still shopping online in greater numbers during the pandemic, even as brick-and-mortar stores reopen. More customers are also tapping peer-to-peer (P2P) apps or...

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Coinbase’s IPO, SMB Digital Shift, RTP Top This Week’s News
Coinbase’s IPO, SMB Digital Shift, RTP Top This Week’s News
March 26, 2021  |  The Weekender

In this week’s news, we saw a report that Coinbase will be going public in April instead of this month, in addition to new insights...

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Chinese Banks Open The Doors To Digital Wallets
Chinese Banks Open The Doors To Digital Wallets
March 26, 2021  |  Digital Payments

Citizens of Shanghai and Beijing can now apply to one of a collection of Chinese banks for a digital yuan wallet, Decrypt reported Friday (March...

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Retailers Tap Debit-Linked Mobile Wallets To Keep Consumers Engaged
Retailers Tap Debit-Linked Mobile Wallets To Keep Consumers Engaged
March 26, 2021  |  Next-Gen Debit

Consumers continue to tap online channels more often to make retail transactions, interact with their financial institutions (FIs) or pay their bills during the pandemic....

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QR Code Technology Finds New Digital-First Use Cases
QR Code Technology Finds New Digital-First Use Cases
March 26, 2021  |  Payment Methods

In a year that saw a surge in contactless payments, QR codes have risen with the tide. As reported in several PYMNTS research projects, contactless...

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NEW REPORT: The Multichannel Guide To Boosting Digital Wallet Adoption
NEW REPORT: The Multichannel Guide To Boosting Digital Wallet Adoption
March 26, 2021  |  Omnicommerce

Consumers’ use of digital and mobile wallets has tripled in the past three years and has only been accelerated by the pandemic, as consumers have...

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Paysafe’s Digital Wallet Skrill Teams With Coinbase For Crypto Sales
Paysafe’s Digital Wallet Skrill Teams With Coinbase For Crypto Sales
March 25, 2021  |  Cryptocurrency

Online payments firm Paysafe announced that its digital wallet, Skrill, is teaming up with the cryptocurrency platform Coinbase to expand into the U.S. “U.S. consumer...

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