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To some brands, however, the idea of
mobile payments seems confusing, intimidating or dangerous.
Not exact matches
Analysts
seem certain of this fact, with Forrester research predicting the
mobile payments market will swell to $ 192 billion by 2019 in the United States alone, up from $ 52 billion last year.
However, with the new software in place, the
mobile payment's app complete international expansion
seems imminent.
Investors also
seem concerned about tough competition from rivals First Data (FDC) and PayPal (PYPL) as well as the threat from the likes of Apple (AAPL), Google (GOOGL) and Facebook (FB) in the
mobile payments market.
It
seems that, like the rest of the country's retailers, Walmart had to pick a side between China's two eCommerce giants: Either Tencent or Alibaba, both of which have been investing heavily since 2017 in efforts to dominate the
mobile payment market.
This approach could prove to be kind of interesting, as consumers
seem to be flocking to
mobile payments all over the world, and NFC capabilities will play an important role in this process.
Every big tech company
seems to be making bets on
mobile payments, the Internet of Things, and virtual reality.
There isn't much function for Near Field Communications but Google
seems to be looking into
mobile payments or quick data and file transfers in the future.
While there are a variety of
mobile payment systems vying for market share at the moment, it
seems clear that this is the future.
It doesn't
seem to matter what the amount is, or if you bought them using
mobile payments.
Although Android Pay has been available in the region since 2016 it would
seem that Google wants more Australian citizens to use the
mobile payment solution, so it's turned to offering prizes to consumers who choose to use Android Pay where accepted when the opportunity arises.
I tested the Ionic's
mobile -
payment feature at Whole Foods, and it was muchfaster than my usual chip - card experience, which
seems to get longer and more arduous all the time.
With
mobile payments taking over, it would have been realistic for Huawei to include an NFC chip inside this phone, but it
seems the company had no such plans.
Yes, Target
seems to be mulling over entry into the
mobile payments field after its largest big box rival in the United States went out to launch Walmart Pay.
It
seems like Circle's business functions much in the same way as Venmo, the
mobile payments platform owned by Paypal, except instead of just fiat currencies held in customer wallets, the use of Ethereum allows for the holding of cryptocoins as well.
Apple tends to wait for the technology to mature before integrating it into its devices, and it
seems that the company's doing exactly that with
mobile payments.
We're awarding Google Pay a Best of CES 2018 award because, well, Google
seems to finally understand
mobile payments.
This overall
seems to take
mobile payment technology to an all - new level.
Apple Pay's reach
seems to be ever - expanding, which the announcements about the company's
mobile payment tool at WWDC 2015 only serve to underscore.
(You know, those who make a big deal about Android OEMs adopting the notch and dropping the headphone jack but
seem to ignore Apple's adopting bigger than 4» phones, wireless charging, waterproofing, NFC,
mobile payments, OLED, multi-window, stylus support, biometrics etc. all of which make the iPhone 8 and X much closer to the Samsung Galaxy S and Note devices than the iPhone 5.