mobile payment

Tap-to-buy purchase

Mobile payment is a financial transaction conducted through a smartphone or other portable device rather than cash, check, or physical card.

You might tap your phone at a store terminal, send money through an app, or pay for a rideshare without reaching for your wallet.

She switched to mobile payments and rarely carries cash anymore.

Opposites
payment medium/technology

mobile paymentcash

Ready spending funds

cash payment · paper money · coins · check · personal check

portability and convenience

mobile paymentwire transfer

Electronic bank-to-bank payment

ATM withdrawal

Family

payment, mobile

Familiarity
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Profile
Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G