Tag: mobile payments adoption

Most cryptocurrency owners would use it to buy things through a mobile wallet

Sam Lambert
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Over one third of crypto-owning consumers aged 18 to 54 would shop with their digital coin. About 67 percent of cryptocurrency owners between the ages of 18 years and 54 years old would use their digital coin in a mobile wallet to make purchases, according to a Cantaloupe Inc. study. The digital payments company’s survey showed that consumers most likely to own crypto coin are 18 to 34. Thirty seven percent of crypto owners are 18 to 34 years old, and 33 percent are aged 35 to 54 years old.…

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Starbucks mobile payments now account for 30 percent of the coffee chain’s transactions

John Montgallo
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The Seattle based quick service café recently reported posting $5.7 billion in third quarter revenue. Starbucks mobile payments are continuing their steady trend toward increasing usage, according to the coffee chain’s most recent quarterly earnings report. The third quarter earnings at Starbucks were reported to be $5.66 billion, representing an 8 percent increase. That said, despite the healthy rise over the same quarter last year, Starbucks missed its predicted target of $5.76 billion. The company’s non-GAAP earnings were $0.55 per share, which managed to meet expectations. That said, there was…

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Chinese mobile payments are driving the country toward becoming cashless

Jesse Collins
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People in the country have used cash for thousands of years but smartphones are rapidly replacing it. Chinese mobile payments are quickly gaining ground as the country goes increasingly cashless in favor of smartphones. Despite the popularity of cash and the fact that it has been used in China for millennia, its days may be numbered. This move toward mobile wallets is allowing much of the country to skip the use of plastic credit cards. In May, the Trump administration celebrated a bilateral deal with China, allowing American credit cards…

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QR code solution brings banking options to Cambodians

Jesse Collins
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The country is greatly unbanked, but mobile digital transactions are now rapidly on the rise. Cambodia has been struggling to drive mobile payments to the point that they are mainstream but a new QR code solution appears to be correcting the issue. The quick response codes are sending a growing number of mobile device owners to their smartphones when they reach the checkout counter. The kingdom is hoping to reduce the use of cash, which remains its most commonly used form of transaction. As cash is an expensive way to…

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Mobile payments awareness is rising in North America despite low adoption

Jennifer Goula
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Consumers here still feel most transactions will be based on cash at least until 2020. An Accenture study showed mobile payments awareness has reached 56 percent of consumers in North America. This represents a 4 percent increase over the figures recorded a year ago. That said, those same consumers don’t appear to be adopting mobile wallets. Regular mobile payments usage has stayed at 19 percent among North American consumers. This, despite the fact that a much higher number actually know the transaction method exists. Among the respondents in the mobile…

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