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UK consumers worried that mobile payments will make impulse buying easier

07/10/201507/07/2015 Stephen Vagus

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Consumers are becoming concerned about impulse buying on mobile payments platforms Consumers in the United Kingdom are becoming more interested in mobile payments, but they are also becoming worried that the ability to use their smartphones to purchase products quickly will lead to more impulse buying. According to a recent survey from uSwitch.com, consumers may not be as worried as they once were about the security of mobile payments services. Instead, this worry is being replaced by concerns that they will be spending more money more quickly than they have…

O2 to be sole owner of mobile commerce service Weve

05/11/201505/10/2015 Stephen Vagus

Weve will be completely owned by O2 after company buys out other partners O2, a telecommunication service provider in the United Kingdom, is set to become the sole owner of Weve, an operator-owned mobile commerce firm in the UK. Weve was established by three large telecommunications companies, of which O2 was included. The concept behind the platform was to create a pool of consumer data that would be attractive to advertisers while also giving consumers a way to make mobile payments in a convenient fashion. Weve will have access to…

UK mobile payments to reach new heights in the coming years

05/07/201505/05/2015 Jorge Gonzalez

Report shows that mobile will account for a third of all e-commerce sales made in the UK Mobile payments are expected to account for a third of all e-commerce sales made in the United Kingdom in the near future, according to a report from eMarketer. E-commerce has long been a prominent force in the European market, with many consumers showing favor for its convenient nature and the fact that they can find nearly any product they made be interested in on the Internet. The rise of mobile technology has given…

Mobile commerce is thriving in the United Kingdom

05/01/201504/28/2015 Stephen Vagus

UK consumers are spending more through their mobile devices Research from RetailMeNot, predicts that more consumers in the United Kingdom will be spending their money through mobile devices in the coming years. According to this research, some $15 billion in mobile commerce retail transactions are expected to be made by the end of this year. The report notes that this is a significant increase over the $7 billion that was reported last year. Currently, mobile commerce accounts for as much as 30% of all digital retail transactions made throughout the…

2015 may be the year mobile payments go mainstream

01/05/201501/03/2015 Stephen Vagus

Consumers in the United Kingdom are prepared to abandon their banks in favor of companies that support mobile commerce Consumers in the United Kingdom are showing that they are more willing to participate in mobile payments and Zapp, prominent mobile payment processor, believes 2015 will be the year that mobile commerce becomes mainstream. Zapp has released the results of a recent survey that shows that nearly 21 million consumers in the United Kingdom are ready to abandon their banks in favor of those that support mobile commerce. Zapp could see…