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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.

Source: investopedia.com

Alibaba, Apple Pay Talks ‘Positive’
Alibaba, Apple Pay Talks ‘Positive’
November 12, 2014  |  Apple Pay

The potential Alibaba and Apple Pay partnership is looking good as negotiations between the companies are underway, AppleInsider reported. Alibaba and Apple have had ongoing talks...

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Merchant Link Adds Mocapay’s Mobile Payments And Marketing Tools
Merchant Link Adds Mocapay’s Mobile Payments And Marketing Tools
November 12, 2014  |  Mobile Commerce

Payment gateway provider Merchant Link is adding mobile payments and marketing support to its offerings, thanks to a newly announced agreement with startup Mocapay. The...

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AP Tech Pushes Cloud-Based Checks Effort
AP Tech Pushes Cloud-Based Checks Effort
November 11, 2014  |  B2B Payments

Payments vendor AP Technology has rolled out a new product called APeChecks, which the company said is pronounced Ape-Checks. The cloud B2B payments platform includes...

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Target Employees Testing CurrentC
Target Employees Testing CurrentC
November 11, 2014  |  Apple Pay

Target, one of the founders of MCX’s CurrentC mobile payment effort, has been using its employees to test the program, the Minneapolis Star-Tribune reported Nov....

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Softcard Mobile Wallet App Extends Its Reach
Softcard Mobile Wallet App Extends Its Reach
November 07, 2014  |  Mobile

Softcard CEO Michael Abbott consumers to have choices, particularly when it comes to NFC-based mobile wallet apps, and he added another choice to the list Wednesday...

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Money 20/20, CARTES Roundup: Data Security, Mobile Payments Innovations And More
Money 20/20, CARTES Roundup: Data Security, Mobile Payments Innovations And More
November 04, 2014  |  Events

While there’s been an overflow of Apple Pay chatter in the industry, the 7,500-plus attendees at Money 20/20 in Las Vegas and 20,000-plus attendees at CARTES SECURE...

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Facebook Won’t Be Getting Into Payments On Its Own
Facebook Won’t Be Getting Into Payments On Its Own
October 29, 2014  |  Mobile

Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg laid out his company’s three, five and 10-year-plans Tuesday (Oct. 28), and none of those plans involved Facebook launching its own payments...

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