Mobile phones have increasingly become tools that consumers use for banking, payments, budgeting, and shopping. Given the rapid pace of developments in the area of mobile finance, the Federal Reserve Board began conducting annual surveys of consumers’ use of mobile financial services in 2011. This 78-page report, “Consumers and Mobile Financial Services” (March, 2015) examines trends in the adoption and use of mobile banking, payments, and shopping behavior and how the emergence of mobile financial services affects consumers’ interaction with financial institutions.
REPORT: Global Mobile Payment Market 2015-2019
Mobile payment is a form of payment where an end-user can initiate a transaction using amobile device for goods and services through communication networks or technologies.Mobile payment allows consumers to use a mobile device to pay for goods and services instead of using cash, check, and credit/debit cards. It is also referred to as mobile money,mobile money transfer, and mobile wallet.
The report forecasts the global mobile payment market to grow at a CAGR of 36.26%, in terms of transaction volume, over the period 2014-2019. In terms of number of end-users, the market is expected to grow at a CAGR of 18.10% during the forecast period. [Read more…]
Jawbone Partners with Amex to Enter Mobile Payment Space with UP4 Fitness Band
American Express and Jawbone announced a new partnership that will allow customers to tap to pay with the new Jawbone UP4 fitness tracker anywhere American Express contactless payments are accepted in the United States. The new Jawbone UP4 tracker is expected to be available for purchase this summer.
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FIME
FIME advances end-to-end transaction solutions and mobile services, enabling market security and interoperability.
As an independent worldwide leader in consulting and testing services, FIME ensures the compliance of mobile devices and chip-based applications to industry standards. Its international team works with manufacturers, banks and authorities within the EMV payments, mobile near field communication (NFC), telecom, transport and e-identity sectors. [Read more…]
Report: Mobile Wallets in the US – Review and Analysis
A new report entitled Mobile Wallets: The U.S. Landscape by Mercator Advisory Group identifies U.S. mobile wallets by category and technology.
The physical wallet might someday go the way of the checkbook, used by few and no longer a necessity. Growing consumer use of smartphones is creating a market for mobile wallets capable of serving many of the same purposes physical wallets served for centuries but now are able to take advantage of a plethora of new functions made possible in an increasingly digital marketplace. [Read more…]
6th Mobile Commerce Summit ASIA 2013: March 19-20, 2013 – Singapore
As Asia’s largest mobile commerce summit event, Neoedge the leading producer of original conferences and workshops for the corporate world, has announced the biggest names in the industry supporting the 6th Mobile Commerce Summit ASIA 2013 which is happening on the 19-20 March 2013 at the Hotel Novotel Clarke Quay Singapore.
The event is again expected to sell out fully, as in the last five years. The mobile commerce leaders at the event to date include Standard Chartered, Google, Digi Telecommunications, Mobile Accelerate, Vodafone, American Express, Telenor/Easypaisa, SingTel Group, Nokia (Finland), C-Sam, Mobile Monday Singapore, Indonesia Telecommunications Authority, Citi, Dialog Axiata, F1Soft International, Sprooki, Mastercard Worldwide, Zain Group, Du, National Payments Corporation of India, mcel, Taggo, eSewa, Olswang Asia, Indosat, Al Fardan Group, Habib Bank, Thomson Reuters Asia (Technology Division) and PCI Security Standards Council among others who will be featured at the event and bring to Singapore its latest mobile commerce technological innovations.
“We picked Singapore as our venue for two consecutive years now, primarily because it is considered to be Asia’s hub in terms of mobile technology.”, said Ricard Halim, Business Development Manager at Neoedge. “We are also delighted to welcome the executives from our Official Lanyard Sponsor, C-SAM, headed by Elizabeth Duke, the Head of Sales for Asia Pacific.” Halim added.
Among the international speakers lined up for 2013 is Biswas Dhakal the President of F1Soft International. They will hold a Post-Conference workshop entitled, “Mobile Financial Services in Under Developed Countries.” F1Soft is a leading company on transaction banking since its inception in 2004. It holds its principal offices in Nepal and regional presence in Singapore.
“What sets our event apart from the many mobile summits in Asia is that we seriously dedicate focus streams and panel discussions on topics which are currently shaking the mobile commerce space. Our agenda, while it is coherent, it aims to get as many players, if not all, in the ecosystem and it is designed to unveil what really is the future of mobile payments, mobile banking, mobile money transfer and NFC.”, Halim shared.
Neoedge’s 6th Mobile Commerce Summit ASIA 2013, after being hailed as one of the most important telecom events in Asia, it was shortlisted as Best Telecom Conference in the Asian Conference Summit & Awards 2012.
For more information and registration: 6th Mobile Commerce Summit ASIA 2013
About Neoedge:
Neoedge Pte. Ltd is a business media company that aims to serve the corporate world with integrity and excellence by providing cutting edge business intelligences and creating high value networking opportunities.
http://neo-edge.com/event-line-up/telecom-it/6th-mobile-commerce-summit-asia
Digital Money in Pakistan – 2013 Report
This report by Shift Thought Ltd entitled “Digital Money in Pakistan” has been designed specifically for the use of global players such as banks, operators and technology providers. They fill a gap in the market, and although offered at a report price, this is not a run-of-the-mill paper report.
This Pakistan report is developed to a high specification in order to help experts including development organisations like CGAP, by providing little known information and detailed analysis as a one-stop reference to understand Payments Systems and Innovations in this market. [Read more…]
Report: Delineating the Mobile Value Chain – A Holistic View of Mobile Payment
As excitement surrounding mobile payments develops, most of the focus has been placed on the wallet apps such as Google Wallet and Isis jockeying for position. However, the success of a mobile payments system will depend on far more than which piece of software will be used on the most devices. A fully functional system will require the integration of a number of different factors, including POS terminals, processing, the devices themselves, and more. [Read more…]
Research Report: Positioning for Payments in the New Mobile-Social Technology Era
We are at the beginning of a new technology cycle as consumer adoption of mobile and social media extends the reach of the web and integrates those media into the physical world.
Facebook is only eight years old, and yet its planned $5 billion IPO is the largest Internet IPO ever. As in every new technology cycle, network effects make room for new players and the creation—and destruction—of vast amounts of wealth.
The Gang of Four—Apple, Amazon, Facebook, and Google—is a group of network players entering the banking and payments environment. How will the strengths and weaknesses of the Gang of Four play against those of major financial institutions, payment networks, and wireless carriers? Surprisingly, PayPal rates on equal footing with the Gang of Four when it comes to innovation and emerges as a possible leader in the next tech cycle.
Research & Markets recently released a report entitled Positioning for Payments in the New Mobile-Social Technology Erathat focuses on the relationship of brands to consumer perceptions of trust, innovation, and privacy in order to identify opportunities and threats.
Primary Questions
- What is the newest technology cycle? Which brands are positioned to take advantage of the next cycle?
- What models are developing that will intersect with the financial services space?
- How will the strengths and weaknesses of the Gang of Four play against those of major financial institutions, payment networks, and wireless carriers?
- How well do consumers trust the Gang of Four compared with the major financial institution, payment network, and wireless carrier brands when it comes to their financial information?
- How do consumers rate the Gang of Four compared with the major financial institution, payment network and wireless carrier brands when it comes to protecting their private information?
- Which brands are viewed as most innovative?
- How do customers of the primary financial institutions rate their own institutions on the issues of trust, innovation, and privacy?
- How should brands position themselves to best compete in the new technology cycle?
Methodology
The report is based mainly on data collected online from a random-sample bank benchmark panel of 5,878 consumers in December 2011. The survey targeted respondents based on proportions of gender, ethnicity, age, and income representative of those of the overall U.S. online population. The margin of sampling error is ±1.28% at the 95% confidence level.
It is also based on a survey of 5,211 consumers conducted online in October 2011 on KnowledgePanel. This sample is representative of the U.S. census demographics distribution and is recruited from the Knowledge Networks panel. Data is weighted using 18+ U.S. Population Benchmarks for age, gender, race/ethnicity, education, census region, and metropolitan status from the September 2011 Current Population Survey (CPS) and household Internet access from the October 2010 CPS Supplement. The margin of sampling error is ±1.73% at the 95% confidence level.
Table of Contents
- Overview
- Methodology
- Executive Summary
- Platforms That Are Able to Gather the Biggest User Base Usually Gain the Most Power and Wealth in Each
- Technology Cycle
- Mobile + Social Defines the Newest Technology Cycle
- Wealth Is Created—and Destroyed—During Each New Technology Cycle
- Apple, Amazon, Google, and Facebook
- Platforms That Gather the Biggest User Base Usually Gain the Most Power and Wealth in Each Technology Cycle
- Mobile Platform
- Two Diverging Views of Mobile Success—Open (Google) vs Protected (Apple)
- Social Media Platform
- Mobile-Social Integration Opens Opportunity for Competitor to Move on Facebook
- Game-Changing Business Models Rapidly Emerge During Times of Technological Upheaval
- Tablets
- Alliances Can Use Mutual Strengths and Weaknesses Can Fill Gaps to Respond Faster and with Better Products
- Javelin TIP Model for Mobile Wallets
- Trust
- Apple Leads in Innovation—at Least for Now
- Innovation
- Privacy
- Don’t Count out the Financial Institution’s Primary Relationship with the Consumer
- No Brand Reaches the Gold Zone—Without an Alliance
- Appendix
- Related Research
- Companies Mentioned
– Amazon, American Express, Apple, AT&T, Bank of America, Chase, Citibank, Discover, Facebook, Google, MasterCard, Microsoft, PayPal, Research In Motion, Sprint, Twitter, U.S. Bank, Verizon, Visa, Wells Fargo, zvelo
More information: Research and Markets
Mobile Contactless Payments Summit: Oct. 17-18, 2011, Chicago, IL
Strategic Solutions Network (SSN) will welcome an estimated 400 executives from leading retailers, banks, carriers and technology companies to attend the Mobile Contactless Payments Summit October 17-18th, 2011 at the W Chicago City Center.
The 3rd Mobile Contactless Payment Innovations Summit is part of the Alternative Payment Systems Innovations (APSI) series of conferences featuring the top visionaries in the mobile space who will examine the disruptive nature, promises and challenges of the rapidly evolving mobile payments industry.
“We have developed the agenda to focus on the most advanced and value-added developments within mobile payments. This has resulted in over threefold audience growth since our Inaugural event last October,” comments SSN CEO, Aron Barkan. “This illustrates that contactless payments is not just a trend, but will soon become a ubiquitous and universally adopted global solution.”
Conference organizers note that senior executives should incorporate a sophisticated mobile payments strategy into their overall business plan. The World Payments Report 2011 projects that mobile payments will grow globally from 4.6 billion to 15.3 billion transactions between 2010 and 2013 – at a rate of 48.8 percent per year.
Additionally, a new study from Juniper Research has determined that the total value of mobile payments for digital and physical goods, money transfers and NFC (Near Field Communications) transactions will reach $670 billion by 2015, up 178% from the $240 billion estimated for 2011.
The two-day conference features best practice case studies, keynote presentations, panel discussion and networking sessions delivered by executives from leading companies such as Paypal, Google, Walgreens, Best Buy, Groupon, MasterCard, Bank of America, Nokia, The Home Depot, Polo Ralph Lauren, Jamba Juice, Discover Network, RadioShack, National Retail Federation, Barclaycard US, Citigroup, Verizon, National Restaurant Association, American Express and others.
For more information: Payment Innovations
New Report Focuses on NFC and Mobile Payments Landscape
There is much buzz around the growth of mobile payments in the United States, with predictions that it will hit $214 billion by 2014, according to Aite Group. But which of the many possible approaches — including integrated NFC, non-integrated contactless, bar codes, cloud-based solutions, and text messaging — is the best choice?
The Smart Card Alliance today released a white paper entitled, “The Mobile Payments and NFC Landscape: A U.S. Perspective.”
The white paper provides an overview of the current state of the market for mobile payments and NFC-enabled payment applications in the U.S., and evaluates the advantages and disadvantages of different mobile payment approaches.
“Technology is always changing, especially within the mobile and payments industries, so it is difficult to predict when and how mobile payments will become commonplace in the United States,” said Randy Vanderhoof, executive director of the Smart Card Alliance. “The goal of this white paper is to help industry stakeholders understand the current mobile payments landscape, anticipate how mobile payments are likely to change, and appreciate the opportunities that mobile payments, and particularly NFC-enabled mobile contactless payments, present.”
Some of the topics covered in this snapshot of mobile payments include:
- A description of the different types of mobile financial applications in use today
- Discussion of the different mobile payments approaches with implementation examples
- A summary of the merchant, consumer, issuer, and mobile operator requirements for NFC mobile proximity payments and the attendant benefits
- An update on the status of Near-Field Communications (NFC) mobile proximity payments infrastructure
- Evaluation of how different mobile payment approaches fulfill overall market requirements
Payments Council members involved in the development of this white paper included: Accenture; American Express; Apriva; Bank of America; Capgemini; Capital One; Connexem Consulting; CPI Card Group; Datacard Group; DeviceFidelity; Discover Financial Services; Gemalto; Giesecke & Devrient; Heartland Payment Systems; Infineon Technologies; INSIDE Secure; JPMorgan Chase; LTK Engineering Services; MasterCard Worldwide; NACHA; NagraID Security; NXP Semiconductors; Oberthur Technologies; Quadagno & Associates; Thales e-Security; WatchData Technologies USA; VeriFone; Visa Inc.; ViVOtech; and Mike Kutsch; Dale Laszig; and Chandra Srivastava.
Source: MarketWire
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