Category: Mobile Banking & Payments

October 25, 2021

The best mobile payment apps offer a simple way to make and send payments using your smartphone. Mobile apps providing contactless payments have become common since the introduction of Near Field Communication (NFC), turning individual smartphones into the equivalent of […]

September 20, 2021

The buying spree for the payments industry continued last week with two more deals that demonstrate the industry is continuing to buy up rivals and startups to drive growth. Fresh off of raising $300 million in new venture capital, the […]

September 14, 2021

The payments industry is poised for a record-breaking year in acquisitions as fintech startups and COVID-19 drive business change for large legacy players. Merger and acquisition research firm Dealogic recorded 125 acquisitions through early September, before a recent spate of […]

August 4, 2021

BNPL providers are rushing to the U.S. market as brands and retailers build the option into shopping experiences. The domestic market is still seen as relatively new by international players, making it a frontier for potential growth. Just this week, […]

July 28, 2021

SWIFT’s latest product launch signals its continued efforts to accelerate and boost transparency in global B2B payments. But it’s also a reflection of the importance of industry collaboration between banks and FinTech innovators, with traditional financial institutions (FIs) often an […]

July 22, 2021

As the pandemic has popularized contactless payments, companies have begun looking to streamline the process and provide merchants with better technology, like turning a smartphone into a payments processing unit. Mobile point-of-sale (mPOS) is the use of a mobile phone […]

July 20, 2021

B2B payment delays can crush a small business in any industry. Often considered a cash flow problem of larger corporates waiting longer to pay their small suppliers in an effort to protect their own financial positions, delayed B2B payments create […]

July 19, 2021

Like the rest of the financial services sector, the payments industry is on alert about a rise in cybersecurity incidents, a concern that has only become more acute as the world economy adjusted to the Covid-19 pandemic. Large industry players […]

June 21, 2021

PayPal is set to raise fees for some of its most widely-used products, including digitial payments and Venmo, as it looks to bring them in line with other e-commerce products and services around today. The changes will mean that US […]

June 14, 2021

So-called “buy now pay later” services such as Klarna are due for a significant rise over the next few years, with a market cap set to reach $995 billion by 2026, new predictions have said. A report from Juniper Research […]