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2016 may be the year of mobile payments

Jennifer Goula
virtual reality market

eMarketer report paints a bright future for the mobile commerce space A new report from eMarketer suggests that 2016 will be the “Year of Mobile Payments.” The report highlights the trends that have emerged in the mobile market and how consumers and businesses are reacting to the growing role that mobile technology is playing in the commerce field. Over the past few years, businesses have been somewhat slow to embrace the concept of mobile commerce, but this is beginning to change rapidly and 2016 may be the year in which…

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US is lagging behind in mobile commerce

Stephen Vagus
financial money industry mobile commerce

Mobile payments are still quite new in the U.S. The United States is falling behind when it comes to mobile commerce. Over the past few weeks, the mobile world has been abuzz with favor for the new Apple Pay service. the service represents Apple’s first official step into the mobile commerce arena, but excitement concerning the new platform seems to be contained to within the U.S. Apple Pay is nothing new in Asia, where mobile commerce has been thriving for more than a decade. Mobile commerce has been thriving in…

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New report tracks growth of mobile commerce

John Montgallo
virtual reality market

Report shows that mobile shopping is on the rise throughout the US BI Intelligence has released a report concerning the ongoing growth of mobile commerce in the U.S. The rate at which people are using their smartphones and tablets to shop for and purchase products online and in physical stores is growing. Mobile purchases in physical retail stores is still quite low when compared to spending online, but more retailers are beginning to take steps to accept mobile payments in their stores. Mobile spending reaches $8 billion in the second…

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Mobile commerce in the UK could outpace the US

Jesse Collins
UK Mobile Commerce

UK is becoming a very powerful market for the mobile shopping scene The United Kingdom may soon become home to one of the world’s fastest growing mobile commerce markets. According to a new report from research firm eMarketer, mobile commerce will play a major role in the UK’s growing e-commerce sector this year. The rate at which the mobile payments space is growing may soon outpace that which is being seen in the U.S. If the UK manages to establish a lead over the U.S. in mobile commerce, it will…

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Tim Hotrons embraces mobile payments

Stephen Vagus
Tim Hortons augmented reality game

Tim Hortons prepares to launch mobile payments initiative in US and Canada Tim Hortons has announced that it will begin accepting mobile payments at all of its locations in Canada and the U.S. The famed company is set to launch a mobile payments pilot project in December of this year, which will test the capabilities of the TimmyMe application. The app allows consumers to make payments from their mobile devices and is available for iOS, Android, and BlackBerry platforms. Tim Hortons is the latest in a growing number of restaurant…

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