e-wallet

British

noun

computer software in which digital cash may be stored for use in paying for transactions on the internet

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MoMo, the country's biggest e-wallet by users, as well as internet firm VNG, which filed in August for a U.S.

From Reuters • Sep. 11, 2023

There's an e-wallet linked to your bank account or credit card, or you can set up instalment plans, or pay with points which you earn with every activity done through the app.

From BBC • Oct. 6, 2022

For instance, the Stylebook endorses the terms digital wallets and mobile wallets, but it recommends avoiding e-wallet.

From Slate • May 28, 2020

Since 2015, Alibaba has invested more than $800 million in Sharma’s ventures, which include an e-wallet, a payment bank and an e-retail site.

From Washington Post • Feb. 9, 2017

Sector heavyweight Travelex's "Supercard" scheme, for which Tuxedo built infrastructure, follows a handful of other "e-wallet" models that aim to take around 1 percent of the transaction value as payment.

From Reuters • Apr. 8, 2015

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