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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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Standard Chartered Unveils Digital Card Issuance; UnionPay Inks Cooperation Agreements

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Standard Chartered Bank has unveiled instant digital credit issuance in Singapore to shorten the process of accessing a credit card, according to reports. Applicants can activate their cards after they attain immediate approval for their applications. They can then add their cards to wallets from Google Pay, Samsung Pay and Apple Pay.

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Chase Sapphire Brand Expanding Into Checking Accounts

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is expanding the Sapphire credit card brand into new areas of personal finance, including checking accounts. With the new checking accounts, customers will get access to sporting events and other entertainment, just as Sapphire Reserve credit card customers do. JPMorgan Chase & Co.

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Five Innovative Ways Consumers Shop In The Digital Age

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And payment innovators are taking note, with Samsung Pay bringing new shopping and rewards features to its mobile payment service. When consumers point their cameras at an object, Bixby Shopping identifies it and directs that shopper to an eCommerce site operated by a Samsung partner. One of the retailers to tap into this technology?

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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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Are Contactless Payments Making Cash Obsolete?

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The data also shared that 56 percent of millennials do not feel comfortable carrying cash in their wallet, which could be due to concerns of either spending it all too quickly or losing it. Finance’s Head of Cards, Richard Koch, commented on these findings and shared future projections for this trend.

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