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Mobile Payments: Samsung To Tackle Africa And Google The App Landscape

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Meanwhile, Samsung is tackling the African market ahead of Apple and Android, and Google announces a way to avoid app downloads. Riders with NFC-enabled mobile phones will be able to download the EASY Card, and for those without NFC-enabled phones, the app will provide a display-generated ticket and one with a bar code.

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SoFi’s Trading Volume Surges, User Base Nearly Triples

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The idea here was to give millennials and Gen Z, our target audience, access to a diversified portfolio of new economy companies and gig economy companies,” Noto said. The news comes as Samsung Electronics America, Inc. The virtual card will instantaneously show up in Samsung Pay at the time of approval.

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TRENDING: Putting Car-Shopping, Payments In The Mobile Fast Lane

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It’s time to shift gears when it comes to a commonly held perception about millennials and vehicle ownership. After years of believing millennials were disavowing the practice, recent studies indicate the millennial generation is kicking the tires on the concept of owning or leasing their own set of wheels after all.

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eBay Debuts reCommerce Marketplace

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"Demand for refurbished products has surged, and by securing exclusive rights to inventory sold directly from the most popular manufacturers, eBay is changing the way people shop this category," said Jordan Sweetnam , senior vice president and general manager for eBay's North America market. The effort is loaded up with product guarantees.

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Mobile Payments: What’s In It For Me?

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While mint chocolate chip ice-cream might be the way to a foodie’s heart, MintChip digital currency is not the way to a millennial’s mobile wallet, apparently — at least not in Liberty Village, Toronto. Samsung Pay provides gift cards from Dunkin’ Donuts, and users earn money with its own rewards prepaid card.

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Ohio Lottery Makes A New Bet on Mobile

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Recent days have brought the debut of the “first mobile-enable lottery card” in the state, according to the companies behind the card, Linq3 and Blackhawk Network. The product combines the gift card with the lotto entry, and here’s how it works, according to statement announcing the launch. Lotto and Payment Cards.

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PayPal Pivots in Response to Heat from the ‘Pays’

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In the past two weeks, PayPal has signed agreements with Chase, Citi and Bank of America, in addition to expanding its deal with Visa to issue Visa debit cards in Europe. What’s ironic is that not long ago, PayPal was listed as the most popular mobile wallet among Millennials.

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