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Mobile Commerce is Booming, and QR Codes Are Leading the Charge

05/07/202505/07/2025 Stephanie Beck

Shopping’s gone mobile, and there’s no turning back. The era of “e-commerce” has catapulted into the era of “m-commerce,” and your favorite way to shop is a huge part of this transformation. Mobile devices aren’t just creeping up on desktop shopping; they’ve officially dominated it. And at the intersection of convenience, tech-savvy consumers, and businesses racing to adapt lies one key tool playing an outsized role in this shift—QR codes. Why QR codes? They’re everywhere lately. Those little black-and-white pixelated squares you probably scanned in a restaurant to check the…

Mobile commerce begins to expand with the help of QR codes

06/18/201206/18/2012 Sam Lambert

QR codes for ATMs from the NCR Corporation Mobile commerce is gaining traction all over the world, due largely to the success and adoption of NFC technology. While NFC has been a powerful force in mobile commerce, it is not the only technology capable of utilizing a consumer’s financial information. QR codes are beginning to grow in prominence in the burgeoning industry and could soon be used at ATMs around the world. The NCR Corporation, an information technology company based in the U.S., has developed a new way to utilize…

Mobile commerce is taking off faster than predicted

05/26/2012 Julie Campbell

It’s especially gaining ground through QR code scanning in Europe Though the expectations for mobile commerce have remained very high for the last few years, the growth had been failing to take off – until now. The most recent figures measuring the success of the channel have shown that it has now managed to outpace even the most favorable forecasts and that it has officially reached the explosive rate that is worthy of the hype that it has been receiving. The latest Portaltech and eDigitalResearch data has shown that a…