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Security holds back the progress of mobile commerce in the UK

10/22/201110/21/2011 John Montgallo

Mobile commerce continues its ambitious, albeit sluggish, growth around the world. With an ever increasing number of NFC-enabled smart phones emerging into the commercial market, mobile commerce is quickly recombining inevitability. While the day may be coming when all transactions are made using a smart phone, such a day may still be far into the future. Mobile commerce is facing major security concerns regarding how safe a person’s financial information really is when it is stored on mobile devices that are easily stolen or hacked. In the UK, the security…

Best Buy UK makes a significant move into m-commerce

09/01/201109/01/2011 John Montgallo

Best Buy UK has announced that it is taking its first major step into the world of mobile commerce with the launch of its new transactional website which has been optimized for use with mobile devices in the hopes of driving sales from their users. According to the chain, it is the first specialist electronics retailer to make this move and it hopes that the performance of the mobile website will help the company to take a significant piece in the highly competitive consumer electronics marketplace. The company anticipates that…