The second Sunday in December is a peak shopping day for mobile shoppers. In the U.S. mobile gross merchandise volume (GMV) grew 127 percent over the same Sunday last year, generating nearly $5 million in GMV; worldwide, mobile GMV grew 165 percent generating $13 million in GMV. [Read more…]
PayPal Reports 310% Increase in Mobile Shopping on Black Friday
As iPhone, Android phones, and other smartphone sales take off, online shopping is showing a commensurate move to the mobile platform.
PayPal has released figures for Black Friday shopping sales, showing about 27% increase in overall Black Friday 2010 sales volume versus 2009 figures.
Even more notable, the company reported over 300% increase in mobile shopping for the same period versus the previous year.
Other data of interest:
- The company reports that figures show the shopping season began on Monday, November 15, 2010.
- Most popular Black Friday shopping time: 9:00 a.m. to 10:00 a.m. PST.
- Black Friday 2010 total payment volume was 21% higher than Thanksgiving 2010 volume.
The PayPal numbers are a good indicator of overall trends, as PayPal processes 16.5% percent of U.S. eCommerce and 15 percent of global eCommerce.
Source: Business Wire
PayPal Looks for Growth Opportunities in Mobile Payment
PayPal’s growth is outstripping parent company eBay’s, due in part to the rapidly expanding mobile payment business. The company expects about $700 million in mobile transactions this year, though the amount still represents only about 1% of PayPal’s total transaction volume. Currently PayPal is working several angles of mobile payment, including a partnership with Bling Nation.
via NYTimes.com.
Report Shows Majority of Top 100 Financial Institutions Offer Mobile Banking
A recent report covering mobile banking reveals that over half of the Top 100 financial institutions offer mobile banking services as of September 2010.
Surprisingly, this activity is not concentrated among the Top 25 or even Top 50, with many smaller banks actively utilizing vendor capabilities to offer mobile solutions. Of the Top 100, nearly 40% offer access via mobile web, while 32% offer SMS banking and/or alerts and 32% offer apps.
Apple’s iOS remains the main platform for launching application-based banking, but financial institutions have realized the importance of other operating system leaders. Sixteen percent and fourteen percent now offer a RIM Blackberry or Google Android application, respectively.
A detailed evaluation of features available by channel also reveals that mobile web and app channels often provide virtually the same capabilities. Balance inquiries and transaction history are standard, but new features help banks differentiate themselves from competition. Seventeen percent offer GPS-enabled branch/ATM locators, and thirty-five percent allow mobile billpay (most require pre-entered payees, but not all).
Additionally, several banks are expanding their offerings to include mobile deposit capture, P2P, offers and loyalty programs, and rewards management and redemption.
The study, released by First Annapolis, covers mobile banking and payments capability and activity among the Top 100 U.S. financial institutions (ranked by deposits). The report is the first data-intensive study of its kind and provides unique insights into how banks currently leverage mobile as a new channel to reach consumers.
Source: First Annapolis
U.S. Mobile Payment Market to Top $200 Billion by 2015, Says Research Report
A recent report from Aite Group forecasts that U.S. mobile bill payments will reach more than $200 billion in 2015.
Aite Group interviewed more than 60 companies in the Fall of 2010 and produced a 65 page report that defines and segments the mobile payment industry, and includes an analysis of the competitive and market trends.
Each one of the multiple categories of mobile payments defined in the report will experience double-digit growth, with mobile payments accounting for US$214 billion in gross dollar volume by 2015, up from US$16 billion in 2010–a 68% compounded annual growth rate (CAGR) between 2010 and 2015.
The report references the following companies: Allstate, Amazon, American Express, Apple, AT&T, Bango, Bank of America, Barclays, Bill2Mobile, BlackBerry, Bling Nation, BOKU, Brink’s, C-Sam, Cashedge, Cellfire, Chase, Chase Paymentech, Cimbal, ClairMail, coupons.com, Coupons Sherpa, Visa’s Cybersource, Device Fidelity, Diebold, Discover, Eagle Eye Solutions, eBay, Euronet, Facebook, First Data, FIS, Fiserv, Foursquare, Gemalto, Global Payments, Google, Gowalla, Green Dot, Groupon, Harland Financial Services, Heartland Payment Systems, Hipcricket, iLoop Mobile, Inside Contactless, Intuit, Jack Henry/iPay Technologies, Kubra, MasterCard, mFoundry, Mobile Coupons, Mocapay, MoneyGram, Monitise Group, mopay, MyWebGrocer, NCR, NetSpend, Nokia, Oberthur Technologies, Obopay, OfferIQ, Online Resources, PayPal, Plastyc, Pyxis Mobile, Research-in-Motion (RIM), Roam Data (Ingenico), Roamware, Rocketbuxx, SK C&C USA, Square, Starbucks, Sybase, T-Mobile, Tetherball, 3i Infotech, Tier Technologies, TransferTo, TSYS, Twitter, U.S. Bank, VeriFone, Verizon, Vesta, Visa, ViVOtech, Waspit, Way Systems, Western Union, Wincor Nixdorf, WirelessLoyalty, Xipwire, Yelp, and Zong.
More information: Aite Group Mobile Payment Report.
Source: Aite Group
Many Mobile Banking App’s Not Secure, Says viaForensics
On the heels of the news of PayPal’s vulnerable iPhone application, The Wall Street Journal broke news of additional vulnerabilities in other major financial institutions’ smart phone applications. These security flaws were uncovered by computer and mobile forensics firm, viaForensics, who tested smart phone applications from Bank Of America, Chase, TD Ameritrade, USAA, Wells Fargo and Vanguard, in addition to PayPal.
viaForensics has been communicating and coordinating with the financial institutions to address the flaws. Most of the institutions were able to quickly resolve the issues and release new versions of their applications.
According to American Banker 25% of the mobile banking programs analyzed received a poor rating: ” In most cases, these failures occurred because testers were able to recover a user password or other sensitive user data from a user’s mobile device. In some cases, the apps cached a security PIN or a user name and password. In other instances testers were able to recover payment history, partial credit card numbers and other transaction-related data. About a third (31%) of mobile banking apps received a “Warn” grade because a user name or app data was present, but not considered a significant risk to the user. The remaining 44% of mobile banking apps passed the test.”
viaForensics has retested the applications and released the results through appWatchdog, a free service which tests publicly available mobile applications for insecure transmissions or storage of sensitive user data. The service measures such factors as how securely the app handles user names and passwords. If not handled properly, security lapses can place the user at risk for data and financial theft. A deeper audit is offered through appSecure, which provides sophisticated security testing and recommendations for securing the app.
Sources: viaForensics, American Banker
Global Mobile Payment Market to Reach US$264.8 Billion by 2015
Mobile payment market gained momentum in the recent years owing to introduction of efficient mobile money transfer services across several markets. Further, the widespread adoption of mobile payments in majority of the markets, especially in Asia-Pacific, and participation of global institutions in NFC (near-field communication) payment trials led to the growth of the market. Given the fact that approximately four billion mobile phone users exist across the globe with numbers increasing at a faster pace, and the figure of bank accounts is approximately pegged at about 1.6 billion, mobile payment attracts huge growth potential.
Asia-Pacific represents the largest market as stated by the new market research report on Mobile Payment (Mobile Money) Market. Rest of world comprising Latin America, the Middle East and Africa represents the fastest growing market for mobile payment (mobile money) in the world. By mobile technology type, SMS Mobile Payment segment predominates the worldwide mobile payment market, while the Near Field Communications (NFC) represents the fastest growing technology type for mobile payment.
Major players profiled in the report include Ericsson, Firethorn Holdings LLC, Harex Infotech Inc., International Business Machines Corporation, mBlox Inc., mFoundry Inc., Mobipay Systems Inc., Netsize Corporate, Nokia Corporation, NTT DOCOMO Inc., Obopay Inc., Paybox Services, Sybase Inc., Verrus Mobile Technologies Inc., and ViVOtech Inc, among others.
The report titled “Mobile Payment (Mobile Money): A Global Strategic Business Report” announced by Global Industry Analysts, Inc., provides overview of market, market trends, product overview, product developments/introductions, and recent industry activity. The study analyzes market data and analytics in terms of number of users and value sales for regions including the North America, Europe, Asia-Pacific, and Rest of World. The study also analyzes global market data in terms of value sales for mobile technology type including Near Field Communications (NFC), SMS Mobile Payment, Unstructured Supplementary Service Data (USSD), and Wireless Application Protocol (WAP).
Source: PR Web
Global Mobile Banking Customer Base to Reach 1.1 Billion by 2015
Mobile banking is emerging as a key electronic channel for the global banking and financial services industry. The ubiquitous nature of mobile devices and services, and the ability of mobile banking services to reduce overall operational costs, streamline operations, and expand customer base are expected to boost prospects in the industry. Increasing adoption of mobile phones among general consumers, particularly among the younger generation in the 18-34 years age group, and rapid rise in demand for mobile payments are expected fuel demand for mobile banking services.
The industry is also expected to benefit from favorable government and regulatory specifications, which are aimed at providing banking services to unbanked customers to promote economic development.The United States, Europe and Asia-Pacific dominate the global mobile banking market, as stated by the new market research report on mobile banking. The market for mobile banking is set to achieve tremendous growth, with Asia-Pacific emerging as the predominant market in terms of customer base.
North America and Europe are characterized by high usage of mobile devices for Internet access, as a result of which mobile banking is an extension of online banking services. In Europe, mobile banking services are still in early stages, and regarded primarily as ‘convenience providers’ and ‘value additions’ rather than revenue generators. On the other hand, the Middle East and African markets are expected to benefit from the mobile banking technology’s ability to provide financial services to remote areas.Rapid growth of mobile banking services is driving banks to devise strategies to sustain presence in an intensely competitive market. Success of a bank’s mobile banking service is dependent on its ability to retain customer base and achieve cost reductions.
Key players profiled in the report include Bank of America, JPMorgan Chase & Co., Wells Fargo & Co., Citigroup Inc., , ClairMail Inc, Firethorn Holdings LLC, Fronde Anywhere Ltd, Industrial & Commercial Bank of China Limited, Macalla Software Ltd, mFoundry, Monitise plc, MShift Inc., and Sybase Inc., among others.The report titled “Mobile Banking: A Global Strategic Business Report” announced by Global Industry Analysts, Inc., provides a comprehensive review of market trends, competitive scenario, product introductions/innovations, and recent industry activity. The study analyzes market data and analytics in terms of number of customers for The United States, Canada, Europe, Asia-Pacific, and Rest of World.For more details about this comprehensive market research report, please visit – Mobile Banking Market Report
Source: PR Web
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