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In-store mobile wallet payments will reach €78bn in Europe and North America by 2017…
June 13, 2013 – 8:26 am | No Comment
In-store mobile wallet payments will reach €78bn in Europe and North America by 2017…

According to a wide-ranging research report from Berg Insight, in-store mobile wallet payments in EU 27+2 is forecasted to grow from less than €0.1 billion in 2012 at a compound annual growth rate of 275% …

… as NFC infrastructure for mobile wallet services is rolled out worldwide
June 13, 2013 – 7:21 am | No Comment
… as NFC infrastructure for mobile wallet services is rolled out worldwide

Further research from Berg Insight suggests that there were NFC mobile wallet services commercially live in 13 countries worldwide at the end of Q1-2013, up from just 6 countries at the end of 2011. However, …

Research reveals what the UK really wants from mobile payments
May 29, 2013 – 7:59 pm | No Comment
Research reveals what the UK really wants from mobile payments

New research from international payments provider VocaLink reveals that 60% of UK consumers now own a smartphone and are using them as payment devices on the move. However current mobile payment behaviour remains fragmented with …

INTERNET RETAILING AWARDS The judges are in session…
May 14, 2013 – 12:54 pm | Comments Off
INTERNET RETAILING AWARDS The judges are in session…

The conclave of judges for the Internet Retailing Awards – sponsored by Venda – has gathered and are considering the entries to the ten categories in this year’s awards and we expect to see …

M&S to trail one-click payments online and on mobile with start-up Paddle
May 14, 2013 – 10:13 am | 2 Comments
M&S to trail one-click payments online and on mobile with start-up Paddle

M&S is poised to start a limited mobile payments trial using new start up technology from Paddle. The trial, due to go live in June, will allow users who sign up to Paddle to buy …

Monitise mPOS payment service aims to help banks and retailers maintain relations while exploring m-payments
May 13, 2013 – 12:54 pm | One Comment
Monitise mPOS payment service aims to help banks and retailers maintain relations while exploring m-payments

Monitise is tapping into the growing interest for mobile point of sale (mPOS) services with the launch of a white-labelled mobile payment service that helps banks, mobile operators and acquirers offer their business customers the …

Traders at London’s Real Food Festival accept card payments via mobile phone
May 7, 2013 – 1:43 pm | Comments Off
Traders at London’s Real Food Festival accept card payments via mobile phone

Traders at this year’s Real Food Festival, which took place at London’s Southbank Centre over the May bank holiday weekend, were able to take card payments via mobile phone without having to invest in any …

Internet Retailing Awards 2013 need your nominations
May 1, 2013 – 3:35 pm | Comments Off
Internet Retailing Awards 2013 need your nominations

The annual – and much coveted – Internet Retailing Awards, this year sponsored by Venda , are looking for nominations for this year’s gala dinner to rival the Oscars on 26 June. This year, the …

Retailers likely to be winners in m-payments, with banks making it work, suggests leading banker
April 18, 2013 – 10:17 am | Comments Off
Retailers likely to be winners in m-payments, with banks making it work, suggests leading banker

Mobile payments is currently a three way battle for consumers being fought out between retailers, banks and mobile network operators – each keen to ‘own the customer’ – but it will be retailers and banks …

US merchants expect mobile sales surge, but aren’t prepared for the fraud it may bring study suggests
April 4, 2013 – 10:47 am | Comments Off
US merchants expect mobile sales surge, but aren’t prepared for the fraud it may bring study suggests

A third of businesses, regardless of size, believe that 20% of their revenues will come from mobile by 2014, with smaller merchants expecting more growth in the mobile channel and are as likely to have …

Inspire on all channels – key themes from SoLoMo at IRX13
March 21, 2013 – 10:43 am | One Comment
Inspire on all channels – key themes from SoLoMo at IRX13

With Internet Retailing Expo 2013 continuing as you read this, we take a look at some of the key take aways from the SoLoMo (Social-Mobile-Local) session on day one. Look out in the coming weeks …

Girl Scouts across America use mobile payments from PayAnywhere to boost cookie sales
March 10, 2013 – 3:56 pm | Comments Off
Girl Scouts across America use mobile payments from PayAnywhere to boost cookie sales


Girl Scout councils in California, Colorado, Kansas, Illinois and Arizona, gearing up to sell cookies for charity have selected the PayAnywhere app and credit card reader as the mobile credit card processing solution of choice.

Consumers gain confidence in mobile purchases and they are moving beyond micropayments on iTunes, study suggests
February 20, 2013 – 12:11 pm | 3 Comments
Consumers gain confidence in mobile purchases and they are moving beyond micropayments on iTunes, study suggests

New research carried out by performance marketing specialists Intela has found that consumer willingness to purchase goods and services over their mobile devices has increased in the past year, with a half of UK smartphone …

WWF launches the first mobile network to raise money for conservation and the environment
February 5, 2013 – 4:30 pm | Comments Off
WWF launches the first mobile network to raise money for conservation and the environment

WWF, in partnership with UK mobile operator, Digital Spring Mobile, has launched the first UK mobile network designed to generate funds to protect wildlife and the environment. WWF Wildlife Mobile is operated by UK mobile …

Leading names signed up to give the skinny on SoLoMo at Internet Retailing Expo
January 24, 2013 – 10:56 am | Comments Off
Leading names signed up to give the skinny on SoLoMo at Internet Retailing Expo

Registration is open for Internet Retailing Expo at the Birmingham NEC 20-21 March and the speaker line up is taking shape. The Social-Local-Mobile (SoLoMo) session already has speakers from PayPal, Pizza Hut, SecretSales, Cooper&Co, Justbought.it, …

Holiday fashion retailer Style-passport goes mobile and sees immediate rise in sales
January 23, 2013 – 9:04 pm | Comments Off
Holiday fashion retailer Style-passport goes mobile and sees immediate rise in sales

Style-passport , a fashion retailer specialising in holiday fashion and beauty products, has launched a mobile optimised website, designed to expand its reach and provide customers with a secure and convenient method to complete transactions …

M-payments to move up a gear in 2013, with NFC a key factor for banks, predicts Frost & Sullivan
January 9, 2013 – 12:11 pm | Comments Off
M-payments to move up a gear in 2013, with NFC a key factor for banks, predicts Frost & Sullivan

Contactless payments, commercial mobile payment offerings, cloud-based solutions and data analytics will dominate the financial services market in 2013, according to Frost & Sullivan, as mobile devices have become a vital interaction channel in the …

Cooper & Co first to launch mobile money in Channel Islands pilot
January 9, 2013 – 12:10 pm | Comments Off
Cooper & Co first to launch mobile money in Channel Islands pilot

Jersey tea and coffee merchants Cooper & Co have broken new ground in The Channel Islands by becoming the first local business to offer a method for paying at the till using a smartphone.

Mobile NFC growth forecast scaled back to $110bn in transactions by 2017 as iPhone5 omits chipset and take up remains slow
December 5, 2012 – 10:24 am | Comments Off
Mobile NFC growth forecast scaled back to $110bn in transactions by 2017 as iPhone5 omits chipset and take up remains slow

Juniper Research has published its revised forecasts for the global NFC market, significantly scaling back its growth estimates for the North American and Western European markets.

M-commerce take-up halted by lack of payment page optimisation
November 26, 2012 – 4:13 pm | 2 Comments
M-commerce take-up halted by lack of payment page optimisation

Research conducted by WorldPay, a global leader in payment processing, risk and alternative payments, has today revealed findings which show that mobile payment page optimisation and screen size are impacting the number of consumers willing …