Customers losing their wallets may well be the best thing to happen to your business! Surprised? PayPal, the leading global provider of payment solutions for consumers and businesses, says that with customers being increasingly inclined towards carrying ‘digital wallets’, the humble wallet may soon be assigned to the annals of history. And this will inevitably present…
By Rhea Gaur
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Posted in Finance, Survey
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Also tagged Cash for Register, Check In and Order Ahead, digital wallet, ERPLY, iOS and Android mobile devices, mobile wallet, Paypal, PayPal Global Consumer Survey 2013, PayPal Here, ShopKeep, Vend
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Our very own, Ramon Ray, sat down with Ingrid Vanderveldt, Dell Entrepreneur-In-Residence, at SXSW 2012 to speak about the traits of successful entrepreneurs and what’s happening in Tech. In the interview, Ramon speaks about what he sees as the ‘hottest’ trends in tech now; mobile payments and the concept of being ‘mobile’. In addition, Ramon…
Cash. Credit cards. Debit cards. Customers will soon be leaving home without them, or so we hear. But will the switch to a wallet-less society be as quick as the industry is predicting? Many consumers are still confused as to how this cashless society will work. Pay for purchases with their smart phones? It sounds…
By Stephanie Faris
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Posted in Buying Technology, Finance
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Also tagged Amazon Payments, BilltoMobile, Boku, Direct Carrier Billing, Gartner Research, Google Checkout, infographic, Intuit GoPayments, mobile card readers, Near Field Communication, online wallet, Paypal, square, VoucherCodes, Zong
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September 29, 2011 – 4:00 pm
Although 90 percent of people in North America would make a mobile payment, it’s believed that the reason why mobile payments have not yet taken off or become mainstream is because of security concerns. In fact, 69 percent of those not interested in mobile payments cite those security concerns. Fortunately, international mobile payment firm Adyen…
September 14, 2011 – 12:00 pm
According to a March 2010 report from Generator Research, the number of mobile payment users will grow 600 percent by 2014 to 490 million users. With such immense growth, a mobile payment solution is something that small businesses should be implementing, or at least considering, at this time. Also called e-wallets or mobile wallets, mobile…
September 1, 2011 – 10:00 am
Intuit Launches QuickBooks Mobile for Android It is called “Project Tartan” (video creation wizard for email) Manta Announces New Forum for Connecting Small Businesses Heartland Payment Systems Launches Mobuyle Postcard Services Is QuickBooks National App Showcase Winner Intuit Launches QuickBooks Mobile for Android Application Now Available for QuickBooks Pro, Premier and Online Customers MOUNTAIN VIEW,…
Pretty soon the convenience of credit cards will be eclipsed by the ease of paying with mobile phones. That’s what can be deduced from a recent study by Juniper Research. According to the study, the total value of mobile payments will triple by 2015, to an estimated $650 billion. Since a piece of that pie…
Increasingly, the development community has fashioned mobile programs for small-business owners, recognizing that on-the-go is simply part of running a modern enterprise, according to Ramon Ray, editor of Smallbiztechnology.com. “They’re all about speed, efficiency and serving customers better,” he said in the Wall Street Journal. “They enable small businesses to do big things.” Let’s take…
Late last month, Google announced that it will embrace mobile payments and will be launching its own e-wallet later this year. According to a March 2010 report by Generator Research, the worldwide market for mobile payments will grow to $633.4 billion by 2014, up from $68.7 billion in 2009. This is a trend that small…