Mobile Wallets

Money Mobility and Embedded Payments Recast the Concept of Banking
Money Mobility and Embedded Payments Recast the Concept of Banking
March 20, 2024  |  Digital Banking

Ingo Payments CEO Drew Edwards told PYMNTS’ Karen Webster that the very definition of what a bank is — what it does and what it can do —...

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Marketplaces Focus on Loyalty Programs for Media and Telecom Sectors
Marketplaces Focus on Loyalty Programs for Media and Telecom Sectors
March 20, 2024  |  Loyalty & Rewards

Media and telecom organizations are working with payment facilitators (PayFacs), independent software vendors (ISVs) or marketplaces to make embedded finance part of their business models....

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Instant Financial Debuts App for Faster Earned Wage Access
Instant Financial Debuts App for Faster Earned Wage Access
March 19, 2024  |  Faster Payments

Earned wage access firm Instant Financial released a new mobile app and updated mobile wallet. “Understanding that over 50% of Americans would likely avoid major financial pitfalls...

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TouchTunes Unveils Mobile Wallet for In-Venue Entertainment
TouchTunes Unveils Mobile Wallet for In-Venue Entertainment
March 14, 2024  |  Mobile Wallets

Interactive music/entertainment platform TouchTunes is entering the mobile payment arena. The company on Thursday (March 14) announced the launch of FunWallet, its cashless mobile payment platform that lets...

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PayPal and Venmo Join TrustCommerce Healthcare Payments Platform
PayPal and Venmo Join TrustCommerce Healthcare Payments Platform
March 06, 2024  |  Healthcare

Healthcare payments firm TrustCommerce added PayPal and Venmo to its U.S. platform. The collaboration, announced Wednesday (March 5) in a press release by PayPal, lets patients use the company and its...

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Mastercard and MTN Group Partner on Mobile Payments in Africa
Mastercard and MTN Group Partner on Mobile Payments in Africa
March 01, 2024  |  Mobile Payments

Mastercard and MTN Group Fintech have partnered to help consumers and small businesses across Africa transact through mobile payments. With this partnership, Mastercard’s technology will...

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Google to Phase Out Standalone Google Pay App
Google to Phase Out Standalone Google Pay App
February 22, 2024  |  Google

Google is shutting down its standalone Google Pay app to simplify its digital wallet offering. Beginning June 4, the U.S. version of the standalone Google Pay...

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Are Digital Wallets the Answer to Mixed Reality Payments Infrastructure?
Are Digital Wallets the Answer to Mixed Reality Payments Infrastructure?
February 21, 2024  |  Technology

History tends to repeat itself. For example, picture this: Bitcoin is trading above $50,000 and one of the world’s biggest technology companies just launched a...

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Western Union Expands Cross-Border Payments Partnership With Mercado Pago
Western Union Expands Cross-Border Payments Partnership With Mercado Pago
February 21, 2024  |  Partnerships

Western Union and Mercado Pago are extending their relationship and widening a cross-border payments channel between the United States, Canada and Mexico. U.S. and Canadian...

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