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Google Pay expands its integration with PayPal to online merchants
Google and PayPal have been strategic partners for some time. The companies in 2017 announced that PayPal would become a payment method in Android Pay, the service that later rebranded as Google Pay....
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Citcon raises $30M to make paying with mobile wallets ‘as easy as paying with...
Citcon, a mobile wallet payment provider, has closed on $30 million in funding in a Series C round co-led by Norwest Venture Partners and Cota Capital. Sierra Ventures and Sonae IM also joined the...
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Selfbook raises $25M at a $125M valuation to simplify the hotel booking...
Selfbook, a hotel payment software startup, announced today that it has raised $25 million in a Series A round of funding led by Tiger Global Management. Valia Ventures, Fin Venture Capital, early...
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Samsung launches Samsung Wallet to help you store your cards, digital keys,...
Samsung announced today that it’s launching “Samsung Wallet” to enable users to store select digital keys, boarding passes, identification cards and more all in one location. The company says Samsung...
View ArticleRetailers Getting Into Mobile Payments, Citing Security Concerns, Wanting...
Consumers may be ready for mobile wallets, but the marketplace is not. Especially if stuff like this keeps happening. Apparently, some two dozen retailers, including big names like Walmart and Target,...
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Mobile Payments Startup Kuapay Grabs $4 Million Investment, Readies Global...
Well, it appears to be mobile payments day here at TechCrunch. When it rains, it pours, right? Another announcement hitting the wires today comes from global mobile payments startup Kuapay, which has...
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PayPal Buys Paydiant, The Mobile Wallet Behind CurrentC, To Raise Its Game v....
PayPal, the payments service with 162 million users preparing to separate from e-commerce giant eBay later this year, is announcing an acquisition today to help build out its mobile business targeting...
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The Rise Of The Smartphone Means The End Of Mobile Wallets From Carriers And...
A cycle starts when hype of a technology leads to big investments in that technology, which in turn creates more hype. Real-world use of the technology by customers can get lost in the cycle....
View ArticleThe broken world of mobile payments and how to fix it
It’s being predicted that by the end of this year, mobile payment transactions in the U.S. will grow 210 percent. Despite this impressive gain, it turns out that not everyone is taking advantage of...
View ArticleIndian ride-hailing app Ola acquires mobile payment startup Qarth to expand...
After launching a standalone app for Ola Money in November last year, Indian transportation app Ola has made an acquisition to double down on its mobile wallet and payments business: the company has...
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Android Pay Debuts in the UK, no need to unlock device when you tap for sales...
Ahead of Google’s annual I/O event kicking off later today in Mountain View, the company is unveiling its latest developments for Android Pay. The mobile wallet for Android-powered smartphones is...
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