Posted on 29 July 2011 by Marta Bordonada
Online marketplace eBay has recently posted its first billion-dollar revenue quarter, confirming that mobile commerce is continuing its shift into the mainstream. The challenge for telecoms and retail industries alike is to make sure they are not late to the party and avoid being left behind. According to an official company press release, the results […]
Posted on 10 October 2011 by Dominique Brulé
As Google unveiled the Google Wallet NFC a few days ago, the search engine giant has thrown open the floor for mobile payment methods to all banking and secure transaction partners.
Posted on 01 December 2011 by Thales DIS
In the United States, Thanksgiving means a lot more than eating Turkey and watching football. It is the start to the holiday season, and the time when shopping really ramps up. Retailers trying to tempt consumers into purchasing are giving them more shopping options, especially in the area of mobile. In 2011, the number of […]
Posted on 10 February 2012 by Thales DIS
This week in Salt Lake City, the Smart Card Alliance Payment Summit saw record attendance from industry players over previous years. As a past attendee, it wasn’t surprising that attendance would be up this year – conversations around EMV in the U.S. and mobile payment are heating up. Issuers including MasterCard and Visa have both […]
Posted on 20 February 2012 by Tim Cawsey
As the variety of payment options on offer expands each year, companies need to be aware that consumers are fickle creatures. At the close of 2011, leading UK newspaper The Times published an issue of the Raconteur supplement on the future of payments. In it, they gathered representatives from five key players in the payments […]
Posted on 01 March 2012 by Isabelle Lodo
It’s the final day of Mobile World Congress 2012. According to reports, over 67,000 attendees from 205 countries swung by the biggest mobile phone conference in the world, and we certainly saw a few of them at our stand. As one of our final blog posts on the show we wanted to share some insights […]