Mobile Payments

Gen Z wants digital banking

Research: What Gen Z wants is not their father’s bank

Let’s start with what Gen Z and younger consumers want from their banks. They want digital, mobile, and instant banking services. In other words, not their dad’s bank. ...
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Emerging market mobile financial services will grow 70% by 2024

So how big is the mobile financial services market in emerging markets? According to a new study from Juniper Research, the mobile financial services market will be worth ...
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global payments news

Sept 27 Global payments industry news roundup

It’s definitely the busy season and we’ll help you save time with this week’s global payments industry news roundup. Narvar tells us what customers hate most about returning ...
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US mobile payments adoption is slow

US mobile payments: Are we there yet?

Let’s face it, the mobile payments landscape is moving as slowly as the proverbial LA traffic jam. There’s a purse or wallet full of reasons for the slow ...
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Mitto is banking for Gen Z

Mitto: A virtual card built for Gen Z, financed by mom and dad

Mitto is banking that 14-year-old and older Generation Z consumers will want their very own digital wallet and virtual debit card. All financed by mom and dad, of ...
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Shave and a haircut: The must-have app

After being taken to the cleaners with any number of wild app ideas, it was just a matter of time before the haircut app was born. Introducing Shortcut ...
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global payments news

Sept 6 Global payments news roundup

Welcome to our first global payments news roundup for September. Lots of important news as we move into the busy fall business cycle. Accenture research shows UK challenger ...
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EU group builds new mobile payments network

EU mobile group building new cross-border payments network

Recognizing the threat from fintech startups as well as mobile powerhouses like Alipay, a group of seven European payments leaders has started building a new network focused on ...
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US mobile banking apps

Social experiment shows banks’ mobile sign-ups fail

The poor traditional banks. Under siege from digital bank startups and well-financed fintechs. Profitable now, but potentially less so in the future. Unless they can figure out a ...
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there are millions of apps to choose from

Consumers curious about mobile apps but little mobile buying

Consumers are curious about mobile apps, but research shows they’re not doing much buying via company apps in the US to date. A PYMNTS/LISNR report surveyed 1,045 American ...
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