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digital wallet

American

[dij-i-tl wol-it, waw-lit] / ˈdɪdʒ ɪ tl ˈwɒl ɪt, ˈwɔ lɪt /

noun

an electronic device, website, software system, or database that facilitates commercial transactions by storing a consumer's credit card, shipping address, and other payment data.

Etymology

Origin of digital wallet

First recorded in 2010–15

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digital wallet

Paze’s research found that 72% of the protectionists it interviewed believed manually typing a card number into a website was safer than using a digital wallet.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 28, 2026

Nationwide, Apple and Google are expected to see their digital wallet users grow more, reaching 90.5 million and 55 million U.S. users, respectively.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 3, 2026

Next week, a digital wallet and custody firm called BitGo plans to go public among several crypto IPOs waiting this year.

From Barron's ● Jan. 15, 2026

Instead, it went to a digital wallet controlled by a North Korean named Sim Hyon Sop, according to crypto-analytics firm TRM Labs, which tracked the transactions.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 25, 2025

You buy a certain sum in Swiss francs but download it in bitcoin onto a digital wallet on your phone.

From BBC ● Dec. 10, 2025

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