The development of mobile wallet technology is being held back by a number of ‘hidden controls’ which remain largely unexplored in the public domain, asserts Mobey Forum, the global bank-driven industry association whose aim is to encourage a sustainable and …
Three quarters of the world’s poor do not have a bank account, not only because of poverty, but also because of the cost, travel distance, and amount of paper work involved in opening one, says the World Bank. Those without …
A recent report by CGAP and Dalberg Global Development Advisers examined whether international remittance payments can be a means to help build domestic mobile money services. Continue reading
Shopping on mobile devices is set to increase by 584% this year from just £0.7bn in 2010 • Shopping on mobile devices is set to increase by 53% in the next 12 months hitting £4.5bn, making Brits the biggest mobile …
Carrying a virtual train ticket or repaying a friend with your mobile phone, buying your groceries online, paying with your debit card abroad – the way European citizens shop and pay is radically changing. A secure and transparent integrated payments …
The majority of Brits will use voice commands to check their bank balance and perform other basic banking tasks on their mobile phone by 2014, according to Intelligent Environments, a digital banking provider. Continue reading
Predicting future threats can be a hit-or-miss exercise for a security research organization. Continue reading
Simply providing consumers with the convenience and functionality of mobile wallet technology will not be sufficient to drive mass-market adoption, asserts Mobey Forum in a new white paper announced today. Continue reading
This new report from IBM gives an insight into consumer online behaviour over Thanksgiving 2011. Continue reading
Over the past ten years, the Internet has revolutionised commerce. It has given consumers access to new and more varied products. It has made it possible for SMEs to access new global markets. And it has dramatically increased price transparency …
