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Mobile Payments On Smartphones Soar In Japan

PYMNTS

Making mobile payments with a smartphone in Japan is more popular than ever, according to eMarketer, a New York-based market research company. It also predicts that by 2023 the number of mobile payment users will rise to nearly 28 million, 25 percent of the population.

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Mobile Payments Start A Revolution in Corporate Cards

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Might mobile payments help revolutionize corporate cards? It’s been well documented how reliant on paper checks B2B payments have been right up to and even into the pandemic — with a significant percentage of payments being done through those antiquated means. The Issuers .

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Banks Need to Shift Mobile Focus to ‘Money Management’

Bank Innovation

The majority of people use their mobile banking apps to check their balance. This is a fact that does not surprise most in banking, many of whom believe the industry’s focus on “money movement” as opposed to “money management” is hurting engagement levels.

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Why digital laggards finally became part of the digital payment landscape

Payments Dive

Bethany Ewing, customer marketing, mobile payments lead, Deloitte Digital and Peter Pearce, senior manager of financial services strategy for Deloitte Consulting share their insight on a study the company conducted on whether or not customers that migrated to a digital payments during the pandemic will continue to do so post-pandemic

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Kenya’s mobile payments pioneer to expand into money management

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is in negotiations with fund managers, investment banks and insurance companies to partner on a raft of mobile phone-based savings and wealth-management products, Chief Executive Officer Peter Ndegwa said in an interview in Nairobi, Kenya’s capital. Safaricom Plc.

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Fiskl, Samsung Appstack Team On Finance Management For SMBs

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Mobile-first fiscal management solution Fiskl has joined up with Samsung Appstack to help keep small- to medium-sized businesses (SMBs) competitive through collaborations and project management, according to a press release. Joining up with bigger-name apps can be a boon for startups.

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EU Consumers Can Create eWallet, Manage Mobile Payments In New Visa, Vipps Deal

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Visa is teaming with Norwegian digital wallet company Vipps on a new initiative to boost mobile payments in Europe, according to a report from Cards International. Over 75 percent of Visa payments in Europe have become contactless due to the pandemic, the report stated. Vipps, launched in 2015, has now reached 3.7

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