eMarketer has predicted that by the end of 2016, the usage in the United States market will have tripled. Among the most recent forecasts issued by eMarketer is one that has been of great interest to those in the mobile payments marketplace, as they have now said that the use of these transactions will continue to climb to the point that they will have tripled by the close of next year. This represents a significant growth of the use of smartphones at checkout counters and other points of sale. The…
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Mobile payments are used by over half of American smartphone owners
The CUNA has now released its latest survey data which has found that these device users are purchasing in droves. According to the latest survey data that has been released by the Credit Union National Association (CUNA), among American smartphone owners, more than half have used their device for mobile payments purposes, whether it be buying a digital product online or tapping it at a checkout counter – or pretty much anything in between. The survey also showed that security remains the uppermost concern of device users making purchases. Though…
Read MoreMobile payments set to take off in UK retail
Next year, a much larger number of retailers are expected to allow shoppers to buy using smartphones. An agreement has just been announced in the United Kingdom, which has revealed that consumers will be able to use their smartphones for mobile payments at a much larger number of retail stores across the company. This process makes it possible to complete a transaction in a matter of 12 seconds, on average. As of next year, shoppers will be able to use mobile payments to pay for their purchases at locations such…
Read MoreMobile payments goes hands free with PayPal Beacon
The technology uses Bluetooth LE to make it possible for the service to expand. PayPal has just unveiled the very latest in its mobile payments offerings, an extension of its overall program, and is now promising to make it even easier to pay for products and services through the use of a smartphone, to the point that it is – according to the company – even simpler than using a credit card. Though there are already many other options being developed, PayPal hopes this will be the most attractive. There…
Read MoreMobile wallet demoed to allow restaurant patrons to pay at the table
A new integrated payments system demonstration at an Innovation event to set the bar for 2013. Cloud based mobile wallet provider, Padiant, has announced its latest solution which includes a pay at the table service for restaurants. The first demonstration of this product will occur at an event that will be held at Harvard. Later this month, the first view of the mobile wallet service will help companies, restaurants, and smartphone users to see a glimpse of the type of service that they should expect to become much more mainstream…
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