Search Results for: mobile payments
Italy promotes cashless payments with 10% rebates
December 30th, 2020
Consumers in Italy can now receive an automatic 10% refund into their bank account for cashless in-store payments made using a credit, debit or prepaid card or payment app between now and the end of the year — as ...
Holiday mobile shopping projected to hit $314 billion
September 24th, 2020
This holiday season mobile device online shopping is expected to experience a substantial growth, according to a report in Forbes. M-commerce is expected to reach $314 billion in 2020, and will represent 44% of all e-commerce sales, according to ...
Coronavirus is pushing U.S. consumers to contactless payments
April 2nd, 2020
Contactless cards are a potential refuge for consumers who fear plastic and cash are carrying COVID-19. The coronavirus, also known as COVID-19, has drawn attention to the safety and cleanliness of basic activities that many take for granted, such ...
2.6 billion to use biometrics for payments by 2023; Report
October 23rd, 2018
Goode Intelligence forecasts 2.6 billion to use biometrics for payments by 2023. By 2023, nearly 579 million biometric payment cards will be used globally to enable frictionless customer authentication for higher-value contactless transactions, according to new research from Goode ...
Alternative payments trump traditional rivals in Asia Pacific ecommerce market
August 16th, 2018
Alternative payment methods such as mobile wallets now account for just over half of ecommerce transaction value in Asia Pacific, according to research from GlobalData. The Apac online shopping market is booming, predicted to hit $1.6 trillion this year, ...
Mobile contactless payment users to grow to over 760 million by 2020
July 3rd, 2018
The number of people using mobile contactless payment such as Apple or Google Pay will grow to more than 760 million by 2020, with Apple’s digital wallet leading the way, according to new research. An estimated 440 million people ...
The change in use of mobile devices to pay for goods in stores, online, or in app
June 14th, 2018
Between 2016 and 2017, mobile payment has decreased in the US across all channels: Net, Retailer mobile apps, Service mobile app and online via the browser. Rapid changes to the workforce and new innovations in point of sale (POS) technology ...
Chinese tycoon Jack Ma’s online payments firm is now worth more than Goldman Sachs
June 11th, 2018
Chinese tycoon Jack Ma’s online payments company just raised a huge pile of cash from investors. Ant Financial said in a statement Friday that it has brought in $14 billion from Chinese and foreign investors. It plans to use ...
Visa, MasterCard and AmEx propose a new deal for online payments
April 23rd, 2018
The way you pay for things with credit cards or debit cards at bricks-and-mortar retailers is a familiar, standardized process. There have been minor tweaks, like the recent adoption of chip cards or getting rid of signatures, but the ...
Can Mobile Apps Replace Our Bank Accounts?
March 15th, 2018
In the past few years we’ve gotten used to the concept of digitized money. In large part this is because of the actual cryptocurrency movement, which has introduced things like bitcoin and ethereum, and has some believing that cryptocurrency ...
