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.
Apple in Talks with Banks to Develop Mobile Person-to-Person Payment Service – Update – NASDAQ.com
Apple Inc. is in discussions with U.S. banks to develop a mobile person-to-person payment service that would compete with PayPal Inc.’s popular Venmo platform, according to people familiar with the talks.
The talks are ongoing, and it is unclear if any of the banks have struck an agreement with Apple, these people said. Key details remain in flux, including technical aspects that would determine how the service would tie into the banking industry’s existing infrastructure, they said.
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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…]
Mobile Payment Startups
Venmo was founded by under 30-year-old entrepreneurs Andrew Kortina and Iqram Magdon-Ismail in Philadelphia. Fewer people carry cash these days and Kortina and Magdon-Ismail saw this as an opportunity to tackle the simple problem that comes with paying back friends and family while on-the-go. Venmo lets friends pay each other back for anything – lunch, dinner, drinks, rent, groceries, tickets, trips – whatever. It works with all the major banks in the US, like Bank of America, ING, Chase, Wells Fargo, Citi, etc., making it very easy for users to adopt.
Overview of Mobile Payment options:
- Venmo
- Zong
- Square
- iZettle
- Google Wallet
- Starbucks
- TabbedOut
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Hottest Mobile Payment Startups
Here’s a preliminary list of the hottest mobile payment startups. Feel free to add to the conversation:
Carrier Billing
Purchase in App (not billed via carrier)
- Apple (iTunes)
Contactless / Mobile Contactless:
P2P Transfer
- Obopay
- PayPal Mobile
- Venmo
Mobile Checkout
- Square
- Verifone
China
- UMPay
- SmartPay
- LianLian
India
- Paymate
Philippines
- Globe GCASH
Japan
- Mobile Suica
- Edy
Reference: GusFundler
Mobile Payments Research Report 2011: Battle in a Fragmented Market
Research and Markets has announced the addition of the “Mobile Payments – A Battle of Giants in a Fragmented Market” report to their offering.
This study spotlights the mobile payment market, provides details about the related services and their technological aspects, analyses the usages and the industrial structure with a drawn of the value chain. The report makes an in-depth look in examining several business models – for NFC, SMS, Fixed/mobile wallet & App Stores – their impacts and upcoming opportunities.
Key Questions
- What are the different mobile payment services and which technologies are being used?
- Who is using M-payment and how do they use it?
- How are this emerging market and its value chain structured?
- What are the existing business models and who is the furthest along with their deployments?
- What are the market’s key figures and what are the main forces driving development?
- What does the competition landscape look like?
- What sustainable opportunities are available to the different kind of players?
Key Topics Covered:
- 1. Executive Summary
- 2. Introduction
- 3. Market structure and key factors
- 4. Organisation & Industrial Strategy
- 5. Strategic analysis
- Tables
- Figures
Companies Mentioned:
- Amazon Mobile Payments
- American Express
- Apple
- BarclayCard
- Billing revolution
- Boku
- Carrefour
- Deutsche Telekom
- Gemalto
- McDonald
- MoBeePay
- NFC
- Nokia
- NTT docomo
- Obopay
- Orange
- PayPal
- PTC
- Sprint
- Starbucks
- Subway
- Telecom Italia
- Telefonica
- Venmo
- Verifone
- Visa
- Zong
More information: Research and Markets