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Mobile payments growing in popularity at the supermarket

04/27/201304/24/2013 Stephanie Beck

Though the transaction type as a whole is still off to a slow start, there is demand when buying food. According to the latest industry data that has been released regarding the use of mobile payments, smartphone users enjoy using their devices to complete transactions at the grocery store. When consumers arrive at the point of sale, they are often happy to use their smartphones to pay. This mobile payments trend was included in the latest published data from Symphony EYC, in which they identified the findings of their recently…

Mobile payments demand is increasing in the Middle East

04/24/201304/22/2013 Jorge Gonzalez

That market is beginning to increase its desire to take part in transactions over smartphones. As companies in the Middle East have begun a broadening of the infrastructure for mobile payments, the demand for using this alternative form of transaction is also on the rise in that region. This trend has kept the area well in line with the evolution that commerce is taking on a global scale. The data suggesting that the Middle East is keen to take on mobile payments was issued by First Data. It has pointed…

Mobile payments report shows this will be the fastest growing transaction method

04/10/201304/09/2013 John Montgallo

Research shows that over the next five years, this will be rapidly increasing in popularity. Though much of the technology shopping focus may be on m-commerce at the moment, but according to the latest research, it is mobile payments that are coming out as the star in terms of growth at the moment and over the next few years. In brick and mortar stores, using smartphones for completing purchase transactions will become more common. The results of a new Javelin Strategy and Research study has shown that in the United…

Mobile payments service through Citi proves popular in Dominican shops

02/20/201302/19/2013 John Montgallo

Companies have been using these smartphone transactions to pay for groceries and other purchases. Citi has just announced the launch of its new mobile payments service for merchants such as small grocery stores and other small sized businesses within the Dominican Republic. The new service that has been released in the Dominican Republic is called Citi Mobile Collect. The Citi Mobile Collect service allows participating merchants to make mobile payments to their providers instead of having to rely on cash, as they may previously have done. Citi said that there…

Mobile payments drive in retail sector outlined by eBay

01/21/201304/13/2014 Sam Lambert

mobile payments John Donahoe, CEO of ebay

The massive online marketplace has ambitious intentions for testing the use of its services. eBay has now announced its intentions to put considerable testing into place in order to measure the behaviors of consumers who use its mobile payments services while they are in stores and restaurants throughout 2013. This is because its plans include the doubling of the current size of its PayPal business. According to the chief executive of eBay, John Donahoe, “Mobile is becoming the new normal.” He discussed a new partnership that the company has just…