Mobile payments success for banks will depend on credibility

Future of Mobile Payments

The financial sector is working hard to distinguish itself in this industry where the competition is fierce. It wasn’t all that long ago that the financial sector – primarily banks and major credit card providers – were essentially the only consideration when it came to completing transactions, but the addition of mobile payments is drastically changing this environment. Buying goods and services can now be performed in a number of different ways, and banks aren’t automatically among them. Mobile payments – that is, paying directly through a smartphone or tablet…

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Mobile payments to be worth more than $257 billion in 5 years

Mobile Payments market trends

A new report has predicted that the use of smartphone transactions will skyrocket by 2018. A new market research report has just been released which has shown that there will be considerable growth in the adoption and worth of mobile payments over the next half decade. This report was released by MarketsandMarkets and says that by 2018, this market will be worth $278.9 million. The name of the report is “Mobile Money Market: (Mobile Payments, Mobile Remittance, Mobile Banking & Mobile Commerce) – Advanced Technologies, Value Chain, Adoption Trends &…

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