Mobile Payment App news and trends

Square Cash Crypto Trading Soars Despite Bitcoin’s Decline
Mobile Payments // July 12, 2018

Despite bitcoin’s fall, Square‘s mobile payment app, which launched crypto trading in late January, is surging. In fact, Square Cash is growing roughly three times faster than PayPal‘s Venmo, with nearly 2 million downloads per month in May and June, according to data from Instinet. “Square...

Cover Restaurant Mobile Pay App Adds Beacons
Mobile Commerce // August 13, 2015

Cover, one of the many mobile payment apps in the restaurant space, has announced the rollout of its upgraded version, appropriately titled Cover 2.0. While the app already helps consumers find restaurants, order food, pay for the bill (and split it), the new version changes...

Casual Dining Chain Preps Mobile Payment App
Mobile Commerce // June 22, 2015

Another restaurant business is investing in a mobile payment platform. Twin Peaks, a casual dining restaurant chain, has teamed with MyCheck to create its own mobile payment app that will rollout to the public in August 2015, Chain Store Age reported. The app will replicate features...

StubHub Personalizes Mobile User Experience
Mobile Commerce // May 22, 2015

StubHub, the U.S.’s largest ticket resale platform, unveiled its new mobile and tablet apps, which will be live in the U.S., Canada and the U.K. The app will allow users to discover and keep track of nearby events as well as pay for their tickets....

Quick Reads
Ant Financial’s Health Plan Has More Than 50M Participants

April 12, 2019
Ant Financial Services Group, the payment affiliate of Alibaba, launched a health aid plan in China that has landed more than 50 million users. According to a report in Reuters citing Ant Financial, the plan called Xiang Hu Bao, which means mutual protection in English, gives participants basic medical coverage with the risks and expenses shared […]

Square Cash Crypto Trading Soars Despite Bitcoin’s Decline

July 12, 2018
Despite bitcoin’s fall, Square‘s mobile payment app, which launched crypto trading in late January, is surging. In fact, Square Cash is growing roughly three times faster than PayPal‘s Venmo, with...

Cover Restaurant Mobile Pay App Adds Beacons

August 13, 2015
Cover, one of the many mobile payment apps in the restaurant space, has announced the rollout of its upgraded version, appropriately titled Cover 2.0. While the app already helps consumers...

Casual Dining Chain Preps Mobile Payment App

June 22, 2015
Another restaurant business is investing in a mobile payment platform. Twin Peaks, a casual dining restaurant chain, has teamed with MyCheck to create its own mobile payment app that will...