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.

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Among (The Few) M-Pay Users, NFC  Is Popular
Among (The Few) M-Pay Users, NFC Is Popular
September 16, 2014  |  Merchant Innovation

NFC is not quite the method of mobile payments most users are most familiar.  That honor still goes to the QR code or barcode which...

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Most Mobile Apps Will Fail Security Test Next Year
Most Mobile Apps Will Fail Security Test Next Year
September 16, 2014  |  Mobile

Analyst firm Gartner has issued a report predicting that 75 percent of mobile apps, by next year, will flunk even most rudimentary of security requirements....

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Bill Gates Focused On Digital Payments For Poor
Bill Gates Focused On Digital Payments For Poor
September 15, 2014  |  Alternative Finances

Though there has been a lot of talk and media coverage about the tremendous potential mobile payments offer to the poor, underbanked and financially disenfranchised...

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Amex Exec Says Mobile Payments A Failure
Amex Exec Says Mobile Payments A Failure
September 09, 2014  |  Mobile Commerce

On the eve of Apple’s unveiling of its new iPhone-based payment system, a top executive at American Express said that, so far, efforts to get...

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Does Mobile Payments Need To Be Regulated?
Does Mobile Payments Need To Be Regulated?
September 08, 2014  |  In Depth

How should one regulate the mobile payments marketplace?  Does it even need more regulation, given that the banking, tech and card services companies that comprise...

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CluckCluck: The App For Calling, And Paying Babysitters
CluckCluck: The App For Calling, And Paying Babysitters
June 13, 2014  |  Company Spotlight

Ton of apps help parents find babysitters. But one, called CluckCluck, allows parents to not only communicate with them but pay them as well. PYMNTS.com...

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PS4 Users Can Now Buy Games With Just Their Phone Number
PS4 Users Can Now Buy Games With Just Their Phone Number
June 10, 2014  |  Merchant Innovation

Boku has joined forces with Sony to provide the Boku Payments Platform, a carrier-based billing service, for the PS4 account wallets in Canada, Germany, the...

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