Tag: mobile payments china

Mobile payments to take off in China over the next three years

Jennifer Goula
China Mobile Commerce

Chinese consumers are expected to adopt the method quite widely by 2015 As mcommerce takes off in China, it is leading to a number of other associated growths, such as in mobile payments, which are expected to continue their momentum to the point that they will be highly profitable as early as 2015. A recent report has shown that although it is still just emerging in China, it will soon explode. The mobile payments report was created by Deloitte & Touche, and demonstrated that although the Chinese marketplace for paying…

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China to lead the world in mobile commerce, says ABI Research

Stephen Vagus
China Mobile payments technology commerce

China is on the verge of a mobile commerce explosion, according to a new study from ABI Research. The technology market intelligence firm released a report yesterday showing that China could surpass $8 billion in mobile payments by 2014. This would put the nation far ahead of others in terms of contactless payments. The rapid growth of NFC-driven commerce may be due to the single-minded pursuit of NFC technology in China. The progress toward electronic transactions has been slow in the West. Several companies, including Google and Nokia, have been…

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