Simply Stated - A Podcast On All Things State Finance

Guest: Rachel Siegel - Senior Associate, Consumer Finance, The Pew Charitable TrustsHost: Matt LongacreTimestamps2:22 - What is a "mobile payment?"4:10 - Are mobile payments companies utilizing the current infrastructure or building their own?6:10 - What are consumers saying about mobile payments?7:36 - Has mobile growth payment slowed?9:11 - What causes some consumers to decide not to use mobile payments?10:26 - Do consumers understand the protections they have when using a mobile payment?11:47 - What protections do exist for consumers?13:37 - What needs to happen for mobile payments to grow?14:45 - What are "real-time payments?" What is FedNow?16:46 - What is the impact for consumers of a real-time payments system?18:50 - Are there risks associated with real-time payments?It feels like you can do almost anything on your phone nowadays. Beyond just, you know, making a phone call, there’s listening to music, texting, games, photography, changing your thermostat, watching the delivery drive