One in six South Korean consumers (15.8%) have used a mobile to pay for in-store or online purchases, research by The Bank of Korea shows... More
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UK consumers warm to biometric identification
More than half of UK consumers (54%) are willing to authorise payments using biometric technology, research from Experian shows... More
Nine in ten US Apple Pay users have made an in-store mobile payment
More than nine in ten users of Apple Pay in the US (91%) have now made an in-store payment using a credit card stored on their mobile device and two thirds (67%) have made an in-app transaction, a survey by Phoenix Marketing International has found... More
UK contactless spending volumes rise sharply following increase in transaction limit
Contactless transaction volumes have risen sharply since the UK transaction limit increased from £20 (US$30) to £30 (US$46) in September 2015, research from Barclaycard reveals. Service stations, pubs and bars, supermarkets and fast food outlets have seen the biggest increases. More
One in ten UK card payments now contactless
Contactless card transactions now account for one in ten card payments made in the UK, research from The UK Cards Association shows... More
US shoppers back mobile gift cards
More than half of US online shoppers (56%) are interested in storing gift cards on their mobile phone, according to research from CashStar... More
Four in ten US consumers have made a mobile payment
43% of US consumers have used a mobile device such as a smartphone, tablet or smartwatch to make an in-store purchase, up from 36% last year, research from location-based mobile platform Retale shows... More
Half of consumers expect to be making mobile and wearable payments by 2018
Half of consumers in mature markets including North America, Japan and parts of Western Europe expect to be using smartphones or wearables to make payments by 2018, research from Gartner shows... More
28% of UK shoppers prefer contactless
More than a quarter of UK shoppers (28%) prefer contactless payments because they are easier and 29% prefer paying via contactless because it’s speedy, research from mobile network operator EE shows... More
In-store mobile payments increase four-fold across the US
The use of in-store mobile payments increased nearly four-fold across the US this year, from 5% in 2014 to 18% in 2015, research from Deloitte reveals, with approximately one in five consumers using their phone to make a payment at the point of sale... More
Two thirds of Aussies prefer contactless
Almost two thirds of Australian consumers (64%) prefer contactless payments to cash and 66% prefer using tap and go to entering their PIN for transactions under $100, research from MasterCard reveals... More
Half of UK shoppers think wearable payments will be commonplace within five years
More than half of UK shoppers (51%) believe that wearable devices including smartwatches, wristbands, fobs, stickers and smart clothing will be commonplace for in-store payments within two to five years, a survey by Vista Retail Support reveals... More
One in five US consumers have used an EMV card
21% of US consumers have now used an EMV card, with the highest adoption rates among 25-34 year olds (25.3%), research from Harbortouch shows... More
28% of UK shoppers want beacons in-store
More than one in four UK shoppers (28%) would like retailers to know exactly who they are when they walk in using location-based technologies such as iBeacon, research by Harris Interactive for Salesforce UK reveals... More
86% of TMG clients to offer Samsung Pay and Android Pay
Nearly nine in ten (86%) financial institution clients of The Members Group (TMG) plan to make Samsung Pay and Android Pay available to their customers... More
Trustev reports on US adoption rates for Apple Pay versus Android Pay and Samsung Pay
One in five US consumers (20%) with an iPhone that supports Apple Pay have tried the mobile payment service while 14% of those with a Samsung Galaxy S5 or S6 have tried Samsung Pay or Android Pay, research from Trustev reveals... More
US consumers prefer bank offered mobile wallets
More than half of US consumers (51%) are likely to use a bank offered mobile wallet with the top challenges for mobile wallet adoption being fear of identity theft (68%) and merchant acceptability (33%), research from CCG Catalyst reveals... More
Mobile payments first choice for 8% of UK millennials
Some 8% of UK millennials see mobile payments becoming their primary payment method over the next decade, compared with 80% choosing cards and 11% saying cash, research from Compass Plus shows... More
Over 50s go contactless in the UK
Seven out of ten over 50 year olds in the UK now have a contactless card and one in five use it up to three times a week, research from Saga reveals... More
US consumers vote for banks to keep payments safe
An “overwhelming majority” of US consumers (75%) say they most trust banks to keep their payments safe, an American Bankers Association survey has found... More