Mobile Payments
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Information, innovation and case studies in the use of Mobile Payments.
Apple Pay Cash is rolling out for iOS 11.2 users
Apple was forced to release iOS 11.2 on Saturday, which was a little earlier than planned, due to a software bug. Now, Apple Pay Cash — one of the marquee features of the update — is being...
Facebook tests new option that pushes users to send money on Messenger – TechCrunch
Facebook is testing a new option designed to highlight the company’s ability to handle person-to-person payments through its Messenger chat application. The company confirmed it has added a new option in its flagship app’s main navigation titled “Send or Request Money.” The …
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When One App Rules Them All: The Case of WeChat and Mobile in China - Andreessen Horowitz
While seemingly just a messaging app, WeChat is actually more of a portal, a platform, and even a mobile operating system depending on how you look at it. Much has been written about WeChat in the context of messaging app trends, but few outside of China really understand how it works -- and how it can pull off what for many companies (and countries) is still a far-off vision of a world managed entirely through our smartphones. Most notable, however, for anyone in the tech business is…
10%? 20%? Apps Are Changing How We Tip - NYTimes.com
In Urban China, Cash Is Rapidly Becoming Obsolete (Published 2017)
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Subrahmanyam KVJ on Twitter
“In India, In current fin year, mobile wallets overtook mobile banking in no. of transactions https://t.co/Jri74Dw9qR”
The best Meeker 2017 Internet Trends slides and what they mean – TechCrunch
Here are the must-read stats about what's happening with internet adoption, smartphones, ads, e-commerce, entertainment, gaming, enterprise healthcare, China, India and startups. We've picked the most important slides from legendary Kleiner Perkins partner Mary Meeker's massive 355-page 2017 Internet Trends report, deciphered the complex data and explained why they're important.