Mobile Payment Magazine

Mobile Payment Strategies Report: Opportunities & Markets 2011-2015

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Mobile Payment ReportA 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 $670bn by 2015, up from $240bn this year. These forecasts represent the gross merchandise value of all purchases or the value of money being transferred.

The new Mobile Payment Strategies report revealed that all segments will exhibit 2x to 3x growth over the next five years. This growth will be driven by the rapid adoption of mobile ticketing, NFC contactless payments, physical goods purchases and money transfers as people in both developed and developing countries use their devices for everyday transactions. [Read more…]

Mobile Industry Predictions Report: 2012

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The Yankee Group has just released its free 17-page 2012 Annual Predictions Report, which looks into what the future has in store for the ever-growing mobility landscape.

Overview:

The world is in transition and in the year ahead, mobile will be both the protagonist and the subject of this instability. During the last five years, networks and the information they carry have plugged more than 2 billion new participants into the mobile economy. The winners in this landscape will be those players that can scale quickly and treat each user as a unique customer.

Report Highlights:

  • The mobile gold rush is global in scale a and touches all customers. In the last five years, 2 billion new users joined the mobile revolution. Looking ahead, mobile workers and consumers will embrace tablets, mobile content and personal cloud services. At the infrastructure level, the operator imperative to monetize all-IP networks will drive investment in policy solutions.
  • Asia-Pacific takes the lead in tablet sales. Yankee Group forecasts U.S. tablet sales will total 17 million in 2011 and almost 25 million in 2012. Similarly, tablet sales in all of Europe will exceed 15 million in 2011 and reach more than 26 million in 2012. And tablet sales in the Asia-Pacific region will total 20 million this year and reach almost 39 million in 2012, more than 50 percent above the U.S.
  • Diameter signaling is taking off. Yankee Group has seen significant request for proposal/request for information (RFP/RFI) activity and expects spending on IP-based Diameter signaling to more than double between 2011 and 2012—growing from U.S.$22 million to U.S.$45 million. And overall, we see the market mushrooming to U.S.$212 million in 2015, for a whopping CAGR of 57.2 percent.
  • Personal cloud services are hitting the high-growth phase. We forecast 17 percent of professionals with three or more devices will adopt a personal cloud service for online storage, backup and synching.
  • Economic woes threaten operators. Western European operators will see churn increase from approximately 2.3 percent per month today to 2.4 percent by the end of 2012, despite operators’ ongoing efforts to migrate customers to postpaid services and long-term contracts linked to new smartphone purchases. The world is in transition and in the year ahead, mobile will be both the protagonist and the subject of this instability. During the last five years, networks and the information they carry have plugged more than 2 billion new participants into the mobile economy. The winners in this landscape will be those players that can scale quickly and treat each user as a unique customer.

For more information and to download the report: 2012 Annual Predictions Report: Mobile

Research: Smartphone Banking Security

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Javelin Strategy Research has release a new report entitled: “Smartphone Banking Security: Mobile Banking Utilization Stalls On Consumer Fears.”

Mobile banking adoption has stagnated despite explosive growth in smartphone adoption from 2009 to 2011.

In 2009, one in four smartphone owners considered mobile banking unsafe. One year later, 40% of smartphone owners felt the same way.

As financial institutions push forward, offering innovative and convenient financial options to a new mobile generation, consumers are left questioning whether security was sacrificed in the rush toward innovation. In the context of the recent infiltration of malware into the Android Market, it is imperative that FIs reassure consumers that mobile security is a priority.

Primary Questions

  • What is the rate of smartphone adoption?
  • What is the growth rate of mobile banking and purchasing?
  • What are some factors that are inhibiting the adoption of mobile financial activities?
  • How can FIs encourage mobile financial activity?

For more information please click on:
http://www.researchandmarkets.com/product/704e3c/smartphone_banking_security_mobile_banking_u

Methodology

For this report, Javelin gathered data from three different surveys administered in 2010 – 2011. Each survey collected data from a base of 3,000 to 5,000 consumers, representative of the general U.S. population. They were interviewed on a range of topics including, but not limited to, fraud, security services, and technology adoption.

  • For questions answered by all 5,102 consumers in the March 2011 Financial Services Channel survey, the margin of error is &Plusmn;1.37 percentage points at the 95% confidence level. The margin error is higher for questions answered by subsegments. For longitudinal comparison, data from 2009 and 2010 was reweighted to the latest census targets according to the U.S. Census Current Population Survey (CPS).
  • For questions answered by all 5,211 consumers in the March 2010 Financial Services Channel survey, the margin of sampling error is &Plusmn;1.39 percentage points at the 95% confidence level.
  • For questions answered by all 3,100 consumers in the July 2010 Mobile survey, the margin of error is &Plusmn;1.76 percentage points at the 95% confidence level.

Audience: Financial institutions, mobile banking and marketing departments, credit card networks, credit card issuers, payment processors, mobile banking vendors, mobile payment vendors, mobile network operators, authentication technology vendors, authentication platform vendors.

For more information please click on:
http://www.researchandmarkets.com/product/704e3c/smartphone_banking_security_mobile_banking_u

Title Index:

– Overview
– Methodology
– Executive Summary and Recommendations
– Smartphone Adoption
– Stagnation of Mobile Financial Activities
– Security Concerns with Mobile Banking

What is a Killer App?

– Consumers Prefer Mobile Optimized Browser Sites
– Companies Mentioned

Table of Figures

– Figure 1: Smartphone Ownership, 2009 – 2011
– Figure 2: Consumers Who Have Mobile Banked in the Past 90 Days by Primary Bank
– Figure 3: Mobile Banking Use by Smartphone Users, 2010 – 2011
– Figure 4: Purchases Made via Mobile Devices by Smartphone Users, 2009 – 2010
– Figure 5: Smartphone Owners’ Perception of Mobile Banking Safety, 2009 – 2010
– Figure 6: Smartphone Owners’ Perception of Mobile Banking Channels, 2009 – 2010

For more information please click on:
http://www.researchandmarkets.com/product/704e3c/smartphone_banking_security_mobile_banking_u


Smartphone Banking Security: mBanking Susceptible to Consumer Fears

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According to Research and Markets, mobile banking adoption has stagnated despite explosive growth in smartphone adoption from 2009 to 2011, and the company attributes the slowdown to consumer fears over mobile banking security.

In 2009, one in four smartphone owners considered mobile banking unsafe. One year later, 40% of smartphone owners felt the same way. As financial institutions push forward, offering innovative and convenient financial options to a new mobile generation, consumers are left questioning whether security was sacrificed in the rush toward innovation.

In the context of the recent infiltration of malware into the Android Market, the company notes that it is imperative that FIs reassure consumers that mobile security is a priority.

Research and Markets  has announced the release of a new  Javelin Strategy & Research report entitled “Smartphone Banking Security: Mobile Banking Utilization Stalls On Consumer Fears.”

Primary questions covered:

  • What is the rate of smartphone adoption?
  • What is the growth rate of mobile banking and purchasing?
  • What are some factors that are inhibiting the adoption of mobile financial activities?
  • How can FIs encourage mobile financial activity?

Companies Mentioned:

  • Apple
  • Bank of America
  • BB&T Bank
  • Chase
  • Citibank
  • Citizens
  • Fifth Third Bank
  • Google
  • HSBC
  • IBM
  • Key Bank
  • Microsoft
  • PNC
  • Regions
  • RIM
  • SunTrust
  • TD Bank
  • US Bank
  • USAA
  • Wachovia
  • Wells Fargo

More information: Smartphone Banking Security: Mobile Banking Utilization Stalls On Consumer Fears

 

Source: Business Wire

Ethiopia’s Commercial Bank Signs Mobile Banking Accord With IBM

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IBM (NYSE: IBM) today announced details of a $3 million (USD) deal with the Commercial Bank of Ethiopia (CBE) to support the bank in a major program of modernization and business expansion.

Under the terms of the agreement, IBM will provide hardware, software and IT services to support the bank in its rapid business growth and its shift from manual financial processes to real-time financial services.

With the new IT infrastructure, the bank plans to increase its number of accounts by 25 percent per year, launch 200 new ATMs per year and open 500 new branches over the next five years. It will also enable the bank to strengthen and extend its relationship with credit card providers such as Visa and MasterCard and roll out new mobile and internet banking services. CBE’s account holders will benefit from reduced waiting times and a greater choice of banking channels and services. [Read more…]