Polillo, a remote island in the northeastern Philippines with poor road infrastructure and no public transport, is set to get a taste of mobile banking long before the developed world does.
Pricey, highly considered purchases such as home appliances represent some of the least-penetrated online sales categories, but that's poised to change in the future, according to a new report from Forrester Research Inc. As the longest-tenured web shoppers grow more comfortable online, they're moving...
The credit card underdog is taking on rival Visa with smart technology, memorable marketing, and global ambition. But what happens when consumers put their cards away?
More than 100 million users worldwide will use their mobile phone to make international money transfers by 2013, according to a new analysis by Juniper Research.Cross-border mobile money transfers is a new trend, but it is expected to gain traction during the net couple...
A new forecast of the near-field communications market predicts 700 million mobile subscribers worldwide will have phones with NFC contactless technology by 2013.The report, from Juniper Research, said there is a significant opportunity for NFC mobile payment services, chips, phones and supporting services as...
The mobile payments market is expected to grow to more than $600 billion worldwide by 2013, according to predictions from Juniper Research's Mobile Payments Study.The market includes purchases made via mobile devices of digital and physical goods, contactless Near Field Communications transactions and money...
Carriers and financial institutions keep announcing mobile-banking and payment services, but so far, U.S. adoption is being dwarfed by that of developing nations, where it's more useful.
Visa Inc. outlined a series of initiatives with three big-name partners in an effort to make mobile payment services "broadly available" to U.S. consumers by year's end.Visa next month will begin rolling out m-commerce offerings for Nokia Corp. phones, beginning with the handset maker's...
Service provider revenues from mobile money transfer services could exceed $5 billion worldwide by 2013, according to a new study from Juniper Research.The firm predicts the market will begin to accelerate as soon as 2010. The study focuses on mobile money transfer services in...
SAN FRANCISCO -- There is no shortage of challenges in getting m-commerce off the ground in the United States. But maybe the most important factor is time.That was the takeaway from yesterday's afternoon session on all facets of mobile commerce, from contactless payments to...
Consumer interest in mobile banking and payments services offered by their financial institution has increased significantly in the past two years, according to new findings from a consumer research study released by financial services provider, Fiserv.
Carriers are beginning to use carrot-and-stick strategies to bring their third-party content partners to heel. And both the carrot and the stick are made of cash.Sprint Nextel Corp. earlier this year became the first U.S. carrier to formally tie revenue shares to business practices,...
