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 co-branded consumer credit card. Together,…
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. “We’re always looking for ways…
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. Some providers, like Paypal, offer…
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 addition, two-thirds agreed that electronic…
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 or tablet users in 19…
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 for just 3% of of…
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 communications (NFC) and other 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, up 10 percent from the…
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 for goods or services using…
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 compromised, according to results of…
April 13, 2015 — Overland Park, Kan.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Sprint (NYSE:S) today will transform forever the way customers buy or upgrade their mobile phones, tablets and other connected devices with the introduction of Sprint Direct 2 You. Sprint is bringing an in-store experience…
Samsung yesterday afternoon said it has reached an agreement to acquire LoopPay, developer of mobile payment technology that converts existing point-of-sale (POS) terminals into contactless receivers. LoopPay’s approach to mobile payment has the potential to work with approximately 90% of…
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