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Commonwealth Bank sees major rise in NFC payments in Australia, Telsyte suggests merchants will be slow to warm to mobile commerce

03/26/201203/25/2012 Stephen Vagus

Mobile commerce is gaining momentum in Australia, according to The Commonwealth Bank, the country’s largest financial institution. The bank announced this week that mobile payments have more than quadrupled in the last year, logging more than 1.3 million transactions during December alone. The bank notes that the availability of NFC applications has also risen by 30,000 over the same time period. This indicates that mobile commerce may be gaining ground with consumers in Australia, but research firm Telsyte claims that the concept is not very popular with merchants. Mobile commerce…

Forrester Research outlines mobile behaviors of Australians

12/10/201112/10/2011 Jesse Collins

Forrester has released the results of its most recent research which shined some light on the mobile behaviors of Australian consumers, and outlined the primary usage segments that will allow businesses to get the most out of their mobile marketing and m-commerce. The report containing the results was entitled “Mobile Telegraphics: Australian Online Shoppers” and it both identified the kind of mobile consumers in the country and made suggestions for companies who would use this information to improve their mobile campaigns. Among the mobile trends highlighted in the document are:…

Commonwealth Bank adopts NFC technology with new iPhone app

10/28/201110/28/2011 QR Code Press

Australia’s Commonwealth Bank, a multinational financial institution, has announced a new iPhone app that will make use of NFC technology. The bank is looking to mimic the relative success other companies have had with so called mobile wallets – smart phones that can be used to make purchases. The bank’s adoption of the technology heralds the dawning of a new era in Australia, and other countries, that may see smart phones replacing debit cards or cash. It may be difficult to win over consumers, however, as many are still unfamiliar…

One thousand transactions occur on mobile devices every hour in Australia

10/04/201110/04/2011 Jesse Collins

PayPal has announced that mobile commerce in Australia is building a great deal of steam, as consumers in that country have already broken the 1,000 hourly transaction mark. Newly released PayPal figures have indicated that there has been a significant spike in Australian smartphone payment volumes. The 2,000 PayPal merchants who are now accepting the first wave of payments using mobile within the last half year are indicating that e-merchants in the country are also responding to this transformation. Previously in 2011, the “M-Commerce: Secure Insight” study released by PayPal…

Augmented reality technology heading for classrooms in Australia

09/28/201109/28/2011 Jorge Gonzalez

Augmented reality may soon be coming to classrooms in Australia. Researchers from the University of Canberra, lead by Danny Munnerley, have been working on the AR Studio project for several years in an attempt to bring augmented reality technology to the world of education. The project aims to give educators new tools to help teach a new generation of tech-savvy individuals whose lives will be more intertwined with technology than any other generation. Augmented reality is seeing most use in the gaming industry where the technology is being utilized to…