Mobile payments struggle in U.S. but grow worldwide

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The forecasts for the use of these transactions in the United States have been dropping like a stone. Although the use of mobile payments on a global scale are taking off like a rocket, in the United States, predictions are continuously being corrected in order to reduce the size of the outlook within that marketplace. The uptake of these transactions has not been anywhere near the rate of most expectations. The most recent knock to the overblown predictions about the American mobile payments marketplace has come from eMarketer. In October…

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Mobile payments are almost ready for in-store in Europe and North America

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A new report from the Berg Insight analyst firm has suggested that the transactions may be ready to get started. According to the latest report from Berg Insight, by 2017, the North America and the EU27+2 region (the twenty seven members of the European Union as well as Norway and Switzerland) will achieve a combined total of €78 billion. This will have been a tremendous increase from having been only €0.6 billion last year. In Europe, the baseline in 2012 was considered to be somewhat meager, having reached only €0.1…

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Mobile payments industry report shows great potential in Mexico

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A new analysis of alternative transactions for Mexican consumers has shown possible future success. A report has just been issued that is providing considerable insight into the role that mobile payments is currently playing and that it will play in the future, when it comes to the consumer financial services environment in Mexico. The landscape in that country at the moment is driven by innovations in technology and regulatory changes. These have allowed consumers to be able to open up more accounts, but has also made for a very natural…

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

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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…

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

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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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