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Mobile payments from banks trusted by UK consumers

06/03/201306/01/2013 Stephanie Beck

A recent survey has shown that British smartphone users prefer paying with their bank’s services. Although consumers in the United Kingdom have always had a form of love/hate relationship with their banks, the results of a recent survey have shown that these are still the institutions that smartphone users in that country like the most in terms of mobile payments services. They may not be thrilled with their banks, but they do trust them in terms of the security of their services. The mobile payments survey was conducted by U.K.-based…

Mobile payments haven’t yet caught on in the United Kingdom

08/30/201208/29/2012 Jennifer Goula

A recent survey showed that contactless has yet to be seen in a positive light by most people. Although smartphones are spreading like wildfire throughout the United Kingdom, the same cannot be said about mobile payments, regardless of significant efforts that had been made to boost their popularity throughout the Olympics in London. Only 17 percent of people in the U.K. feel that a “cashless future” could be a more convenient one. This information came from a report about the results of a survey performed in the U.K. by Bank…