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NOVEMBER 6, 2023

Fast forward to now where much has changed, and research anticipates contactless mobile payments to exceed one billion users globally by 2024. Customers can pay with their watch or phone just by tapping it on a card reader, and businesses can host an entire POS system on a mobile phone.

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Stax

NOVEMBER 13, 2023

Google was the first, in 2011, to enable contactless payments via their mobile app. Apple Pay caught up in 2014; in 2015, the wearables market made everyone aware of the tap’s potential. In 2015, many merchants switched to NFC-enabled terminals; by 2019, most banks were issuing contactless cards.

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Andreessen Horowitz

SEPTEMBER 21, 2023

When my co-founders and I launched Branch in 2015, our mission was to deliver world class financial services to the mobile generation. In 2016, nearly 90% of all transactions in India were cash-based; as of 2022, cash in circulation in payment systems had declined to 20%.

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FastSpring

MARCH 6, 2019

When we think of cashless societies, credit card payments usually come to mind. However, Chinese citizens are taking the idea of cashless payments to the next level. As of September 2017, Alipay accounted for over 54% of China’s mobile payment segment and is the preferred payment system of choice. Apple Inc.’s

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Stax

MARCH 14, 2024

EMV (Europay, Mastercard, and Visa) chip card use has continued to expand in use since its tumultuous rollout in 2015. In the context of payments, NFC technology allows for contactless transactions where the payment device (e.g., NFC technology is commonly used in contactless payment systems, mobile payment apps (e.g.,

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All that Saas

OCTOBER 12, 2021

Formerly known as e-wallets, digital wallets use mobile apps that store credit or debit card details from one place. The Best Digital Wallets for Online Payments in 2021. Started in 2015, this top digital wallet gives its users a smart card and an app that lets the user aggregate and manage all their bank cards from one place.

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