Reader Forum: Top-up, remote payments, mobile banking – not NFC – are the...
Most conversations today surrounding mobile payment solutions are overly focused on the opportunities promised by near field communications technology and how this functionality will transform
View ArticleReader Forum: Mobile financial services – Open for business anytime soon?
The leading mobile operating systems, Google Android and Apple iOS, are increasingly taking on the role of financial services platforms. Android and iOS smartphones and tablets host applications
View Article2013 Predictions: Eight far-out predictions for mobile tech in 2013
Gazing into our crystal ball – or crystal-ball app, rather – we’re taking a peek into what the state of mobile tech will look like a year from now. What will IT departments be focused on – or will they...
View Article2013 Predictions: Mobile content and m-commerce predictions for 2013
MEF, the global community for mobile content and commerce, starts the new-year by unveiling its mobile predictions for the next twelve months. The international trade association is ideally placed
View ArticleVerizon Wireless to offer Square Mobile m-commerce device
Verizon Wireless is getting more intimately involved in the m-commerce space, announcing today plans to begin selling Square’s card reader. The carrier said the device will be compatible with...
View ArticleReader Forum: Tapping into mobile app revenue with direct carrier billing
With more than 17% of global internet traffic already coming through mobile devices, an increasing volume of digital entertainment and media is purchased and
View ArticleM-commerce (infographic): A mobile shopper’s path to purchase
Citrix this week released a quarterly report detailing a variety of statistics related to the mobile industry, including statistics on application usage and e-commerce habits. This infographic was...
View ArticleBrazil’s m-commerce doubles in 2012
Mobile commerce in Brazil is rising. Purchases made from tablets and smartphones doubled in 2012, reaching 10% of total e-commerce sales, according a survey conducted by the Brazilian Chamber of...
View ArticleComScore: Mobile commerce up 23% in first quarter
Purchases via mobile devices grew nearly twice as fast as desktop e-commerce in the first quarter of 2014, according to ComScore’s most recent quarterly estimates of digital commerce. Digital purchases...
View ArticleReader Forum: Better authentication methods for mobile payment security
Why don’t consumers wholeheartedly embrace the ease and convenience of mobile payments? Quite simply, they are worried about the security risk. That’s understandable, given that trust in the security...
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