Research
April 20, 2016
Walmart offers a mobile wallet
By Chantal Tode
Merchants are having a bigger impact on shoppers’ payments behaviors and encouraging the transition to mobile compared to universal wallets such as Apple Pay, according to a new report from Mercator Advisory Group.
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