Mobile Wallets

Thailand Adds Cash Payments to $13 Billion Digital Wallet Plan
Thailand Adds Cash Payments to $13 Billion Digital Wallet Plan
September 03, 2024  |  Mobile Wallets

Thailand’s digital wallet stimulus plan has suddenly become less digital. As Reuters reported Tuesday (Sept. 3), Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra said the government’s planned 450...

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Shopping App Tabby Acquires Saudi Digital Wallet Tweeq
Shopping App Tabby Acquires Saudi Digital Wallet Tweeq
September 03, 2024  |  financial apps

Shopping/financial services app Tabby is acquiring Saudi digital wallet Tweeq. The deal, announced Tuesday (Sept. 3), will let Tweeq continue to operate independently, while allowing...

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Nine Things Payments Execs Need to Know for Their 2025 Business Plans
Nine Things Payments Execs Need to Know for Their 2025 Business Plans
September 03, 2024  |  Payments Innovation

Summer should get a speeding ticket, a wise person once said, and that’s a reality that all of us living in the Northern Hemisphere came...

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What the US Can Learn From Europe’s Digital Wallet Renaissance
What the US Can Learn From Europe’s Digital Wallet Renaissance
September 03, 2024  |  Mobile Wallets

Digitization over the past decade-plus has transformed the back office with next-generation software solutions. But it’s not just the back office; innovations like digital wallets...

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Hotels Turn to Digital Wallets Amid Key Card Security Worries
Hotels Turn to Digital Wallets Amid Key Card Security Worries
September 01, 2024  |  Mobile Wallets

Just as plastic cards replaced metal keys at hotels, digital wallets are replacing key cards. As CNBC reported Sunday (Sept. 1), this shift follows a tough...

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Block Joins NIST Program to Promote Mobile Driver’s Licenses
Block Joins NIST Program to Promote Mobile Driver’s Licenses
August 29, 2024  |  Digital Identity

Block is working with the U.S. government to promote the use of digital identity tools. The FinTech conglomerate announced Thursday (Aug. 29) that it was...

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Beyond the Form Factor: The Story of Digital Wallets Is Still Unwritten
Beyond the Form Factor: The Story of Digital Wallets Is Still Unwritten
August 28, 2024  |  Digital Payments

There have been some significant milestones so far in the development of the digital wallet. Its early days track back to 2003 with the debut...

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Zip Eyes Apple Partnership as BNPL Use Grows
Zip Eyes Apple Partnership as BNPL Use Grows
August 27, 2024  |  BNPL

Australian buy now, pay later (BNPL) firm Zip is reportedly considering a partnership with Apple. That collaboration would integrate Zip’s installment payments offering with Apple...

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MercadoLibre Targets Banks in Complaint With Argentina’s Competition Regulator
MercadoLibre Targets Banks in Complaint With Argentina’s Competition Regulator
August 26, 2024  |  Mobile Wallets

MercadoLibre has filed a complaint with Argentina’s competition regulator, alleging that Argentine banks are using an anti-competitive tactic against the company’s FinTech arm, Mercado Pago....

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