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Facebook mobile payments to launch outside the United States

11/08/201711/06/2017 L. Green

The social network’s peer to peer smartphone transactions will be enabled through its Messenger app outside the U.S. The largest social network in the world is now taking its Facebook mobile payments outside the United States for the first time. This move is meant to make it possible for users to be able to send money to each other by way of the official Messenger texting application. To start, the mobile payments service will be headed toward users in the United Kingdom. The feature will touch down in the U.K.…

Australian mobile commerce is taking off among consumers standing inside stores

11/03/201711/01/2017 L. Green

New research results from PayPal show that Aussies head to shops to make purchases on their phones. Australian mobile commerce has been taking off in a rather interesting way, says recent PayPal data released by the company. The research revealed a nearly 50 percent increase in the number of Australians purchasing products and services by way of their mobile devices. Mobile shoppers are using their devices to buy something at least once per week in that country. The PayPal data revealed one in four people prefer the Australian mobile commerce…

PayPal rolls out Venmo mobile payments across the United States

10/19/201710/18/2017 L. Green

Millions of American retailers can now accept transactions through the system using the mobile web. This week, PayPal announced that over 2 million American retailers will soon be accepting Venmo mobile payments as a checkout option. This system is launching across the United States and reflects PayPal’s growing partnership with Venmo. The Venmo mobile payments checkout option will soon become available at any U.S. location that PayPal is accepted. Businesses with Venmo will be able to accept the transactions by way of the Braintree platform. This allows Venmo customers to…

Mobile payments popularity will be greater than credit cards in two years

10/12/201710/12/2017 Jennifer Goula

A new U.N. report underscored the skyrocketing growth of PayPal, Alipay and other blockchain based transaction systems. A United Nations report indicates that by 2019 mobile payments popularity will “overtake credit cards” in terms of online shopping use. The report pointed to blockchain using systems as primary drivers for the popularity of mobile transactions. The United Nations body released a report saying that digital currency systems of payment will see greater use in e-commerce than debit and credit cards by 2019. The mobile payments popularity report was released by a…

Skype mobile app offers PayPal payments in latest update

08/03/201708/02/2017 Julie Campbell

The digital wallet’s partnerships are continuing to pile up with the messenger/voice application joining the mix. PayPal has announced that it has entered into yet another partnership as Skype mobile app users will be able to send money to recipients in 22 countries worldwide. The latest version of the Skype application makes it possible for users to send money to other users via PayPal. This represents a significant boost in PayPal’s reach as Skype’s app currently boasts over one million downloads. Beyond basic downloads, the Skype mobile app also has…