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Most cryptocurrency owners would use it to buy things through a mobile wallet

02/08/202202/07/2022 Sam Lambert

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Over one third of crypto-owning consumers aged 18 to 54 would shop with their digital coin. About 67 percent of cryptocurrency owners between the ages of 18 years and 54 years old would use their digital coin in a mobile wallet to make purchases, according to a Cantaloupe Inc. study. The digital payments company’s survey showed that consumers most likely to own crypto coin are 18 to 34. Thirty seven percent of crypto owners are 18 to 34 years old, and 33 percent are aged 35 to 54 years old.…

Mobile payments awareness is rising in North America despite low adoption

10/20/201610/19/2016 Jennifer Goula

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Consumers here still feel most transactions will be based on cash at least until 2020. An Accenture study showed mobile payments awareness has reached 56 percent of consumers in North America. This represents a 4 percent increase over the figures recorded a year ago. That said, those same consumers don’t appear to be adopting mobile wallets. Regular mobile payments usage has stayed at 19 percent among North American consumers. This, despite the fact that a much higher number actually know the transaction method exists. Among the respondents in the mobile…

Mobile wallet payments to break $13 billion by 2021 in UAE

07/05/201607/02/2016 Stephanie Beck

Large and widespread programs are underway for upgrading the country’s banks and devices for mobile wallets Massive mobile wallet strategies have now been launched in the UAE. As a result, mobile wallet payments will reach $13 billion in the country within a span of five years. The strategies will upgrade all devices and UAE banks to accept transactions via smartphones. The Mobile Wallet Project has been launched and will take a 35 percent market share in five years. The prediction is that the mWallet will generate $13.6 billion in mobile…

One in 4 smartphone owners have tried a mobile wallet

12/04/201412/01/2014 Sam Lambert

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According to Blueshift Research, a quarter of these device users have used this technology at least one time. The results of a recent study conducted by Blueshift Research have revealed that 25 percent of smartphone owners have tried using a mobile wallet at least one time, suggesting that retailers might want to expect more payments to be made by way of these devices throughout the holiday shopping season. Though the growth has not been exceptionally fast, it is clear that more shoppers are interested in mobile payments. This indicates a…

Mobile wallet adoption may not be mainstream for years

10/16/201410/13/2014 Jennifer Goula

According to a recent report from eMarketer, there is still quite some time before this tech will be commonplace. According to a report that was recently released by eMarketer, the use of mobile wallet transactions will rise considerably in the United States in 2015, but it will still be a long time before shoppers will be willing to use smartphone payments instead of cash or credit cards. Over the short term, it doesn’t look as though there is going to be much of a difference in payment transactions. An analyst…