Ebay are expected to keep on growing their mobile revenue as more and more people turn to smartphones and tablets to do online shopping and leave desktops and laptops at home when buying online.
Could Google Wallet need a little work doing to it to ensure it is as robust and secure as what people would expect of a mobile payment system based on Near Field Technology? A report from ViaForensics would suggest more could be done to protect data stored by the technology.
With mobile use becoming ever more feature rich and prevalent, commerce is seeing a sea change in behaviour as consumers are starting to use their device for price comparison and also general research before they shop, and in-store.
Do you ever feel like you want to pay less time queuing when you order and pay for your coffee at Starbucks? A new application out for the iPhone and iPad aims to cut your waiting time to ten seconds for payment of your bill.
Cashless does not mean we will have no money (we hope) but does mean we will probably never see a note in our life once we go the way of mobile commerce or m-commerce and do all our transactions over our mobile device. The future? Or a recipe for disaster?
“o2 more” campaign hits the big time with 23% of customers subscribing: UK mobile operator o2 (Telefonica UK) have hit onto something with their “o2 more” campaign. Essentially a discount based offer scheme aimed at…
Mobile Payments Infographic: I came across a really useful illustration that explains some of the differences between the offerings that companies deliver in terms of mobile payment systems. It is quite useful to learn the…
Why smartphones will make retailers wake up to competitor pricing on the high street and online: The growing ubiquity of smartphones among the spending classes, i.e the people who still have some cash to spare…
Ticket Text a Dublin based mobile ticketing service has managed to obtain over $350,000 seed funding from Dublin and London based angels. Ticket Texts product Ticket ABC aims to give back control to venue owners…
With Mobile transaction set to grow exponentially from here on in, recent research by the Yankee Group suggests that actual mobile transactions will exceed $1 trillion by 2015. Backing a recent report by Juniper stating…
Back in 2006 just before the release of Apples game changing mobile device which was later to be termed a “Smart Phone” the mobile industry was considered to be the “7th mass media channel”. Local…
A report by Juniper research states that the value of physical and digital goods bought via mobile devices otherwise known as M-Payments, will increase from around $100 Billion in 2010 to a staggering $200 Billion…
With the arrival of the new Pizza Express Paypal App, allowing app owners to pay for their food and bill via a Paypal account and an app, we ask if this new move into mobile…
When will we finally be buying items with our mobile like we do our credit cards? TicketNetwork the online ticket exchange for live event tickets has started offering visitors to the mobile variety of its…