by Pivot
Tag: Mobile Payments
Verizon, Mastercard Team up for Payments
Verizon and MasterCard are working together to leverage 5G technology for point-of-sale and other payments options, the companies announced today. The two companies will work together to deliver solutions such as immersive retail technology, compelling…
CDG Partners with Paymentus to Expand MBS Payment Options
Champaign, IL – Communications Data Group (CDG) is pleased to announce its recent partnership with Paymentus, a premier provider of innovative, reliable, and secure electronic bill presentment and payment services. CDG’s integration between its consumer…
Verizon Joins Credit Card Offer Trend
Verizon is teaming up with Synchrony to offer a co-branded credit card. Synchrony is also the financial institution behind the Sam’s Club co-branded credit card. The companies are still working out the details on Verizon’s…
AT&T Now Accepts BitPay
DALLAS, May 23, 2019 — AT&T will now accept online bill payments through BitPay, a respected cryptocurrency payment processor. AT&T becomes the first major U.S. mobile carrier to provide a cryptocurrency payment option to customers.…
T-Mobile Adds Mobile Banking Service, Launches T-Mobile Money
T-Mobile yesterday launched T-Mobile Money nationwide: a no-fee, interest-earning, mobile-first checking account, with account holders earning up to 4.00% APY. Financial institutions have been “frenemies” with mobile financial services providers ever since they first emerged.…
Mobile Commerce Survey Uncovers Cellphone Separation Anxiety
Feeling they may be missing some important news, favorite entertainment or great shopping deal, more than half the consumers in a global Nielsen mobile commerce survey (53%) may be subject to cellphone separation anxiety. In…
Mobile Commerce Research: Nearly 1 in 4 Make Mobile Purchases Weekly
Shopping and making purchases using mobile devices is now a mainstream aspect of commerce and daily life for people worldwide, according to new mobile commerce research from The Interactive Advertising Bureau (IAB). Three-quarters of smartphone…
Mobile Payment Preferences: Heaviest Users Are in Gen Z, Says GfK
Young, Gen Z adults ages 18-24 are twice as likely to use mobile payments than the U.S. population as a whole, according to a new study about mobile payment preferences from GfK. Mobile payments account…
Mobile Proximity Payment Forecast: Over 1 Billion Users by 2019
Ovum has issued a bullish mobile proximity payment forecast. The category is the smallest segment of the mobile payments market, but the fastest growing, the research firm notes. The number of people worldwide using near-field…
Cyber Monday Smartphone Shopping Stats: Over One Quarter of Purchases Now by Mobile
More people made Cyber Monday purchases via smartphones and tablets than ever before, according to market data from Branding Brand. Online purchases via smartphones and tablets accounted for 27 percent of the Cyber Monday total,…
Accenture: Mobile Payment Awareness Up, Usage Flat
More than half of consumers in North America have some mobile payment awareness, yet less than 1 in 5 (18 percent) use their mobile phones or other devices at least once a week to pay…
Survey: American Views on Financial Data Security Don’t Match Actions
More than one in three Americans (77 percent) feel insecure about the online security of the personal financial information and the possibility that sensitive data – social security numbers specifically – will be stolen or…