Most Americans use mobile payment apps, and plenty are keeping cash in these apps, despite the balances not having FDIC insurance. Many, or all, of the products featured on this page are from our ...

If you needed to order lunch or a cab or pull up your quarterly bank statement, you'd probably reach for one thing to do it: your smartphone. Our mobile devices have increasingly played an essential ...

Digital wallets are revolutionizing the way we pay for goods and services. After a steep spike in use throughout Covid-19, mobile payments, or ‘m-payments’ are now officially the most common payment ...

David McMillin writes about credit cards, mortgages, banking, taxes and travel. Based in Chicago, he writes with one objective in mind: Help readers figure out how to save more and stress less. He is ...

As paying with your smartphone replaces swiping and dipping your card, can a checkout line phone tap pull you into a fraud trap? Mobile payments - using virtual smartphone wallets such as Apple Pay, ...

Among other technology trends accelerated by the COVID-19 pandemic, the use of contactless mobile payments boomed in 2020. According to a recent report by analyst firm eMarketer, in-store mobile ...

Using one or the other of these two services, you can pay just about any person, app, or website. We tested each of them to find out how they differ, how they're similar, who you can pay with each ...

Mobile payments, made possible by mobile apps, allow you to complete a transaction without using cash or a credit card. Many or all of the products on this page are from partners who compensate us ...

Contactless payment options have seen a boost in recent years. Even before the Covid-19 pandemic, touchless payment methods were the best way to avoid the spread of germs and solidified the increase ...

The rapid shift from cash to digital transactions, driven by a push toward convenience and security, has led to meteoric growth in mobile payments. The space encompasses a broad spectrum of ...

Days after Apple Pay's debut at checkout counters across the US, Apple CEO Tim Cook bragged it was already more successful than all other mobile payment services combined. Maybe he meant services ...