Posts tagged Mobile Payment
Europe: SMS is the Most Used Method of Payment for M-commerce
Dec 2nd
“The DIBS E-Commerce Survey 2011”* conducted by YouGov reveals that SMS is the most used means of payment for mobile purchases in almost every european country surveyed.
Poland, Sweden and Denmark are leading the way with respectively 54%, 45% and 42% of mobile consumers who have used SMS as a means of payment for mobile purchases.
* About the Dibs’s survey: the survey was conducted in the third quarter of 2011 by research agency YouGov, and includes interviews with over 9,000 Internet users and 333 online retailers in 9 european countries (Sweden, Denmark, Norway, Finland, Spain, UK, Germany, France and Poland).
Good news! A new means of payment to be launched in France!
Feb 4th
http://blogs.lesechos.fr/by-les-echos/french-telecom-players-launch-e-payment-system-to-rival-paypal-a5055.html
The Hi Media Payments teams are thrilled at the idea of being in a position to distribute this solution to their clients in addition to the many other payment means the Allopass Platform offers in close on 80 countries.
France’s mobile telephone operators have decided to set up a common interoperable system along the lines of Internet+. The Internet+ system in France can be used to debit online purchases by Internet subscribers authenticated by their ISP. Buyster will offer the same service to mobile phone users authenticated by their operator. Just as Allopass has been making the Internet+ solution available to its clients over the past few years, now it will be able to roll out Buyster to clients.
Every launch of a new means of payment gives an added boost to the growth of the electronic payment market. We have seen this rule hold good since 2003: the more diversified and easy to use the means of payment on offer, the more Internet users consume and buy online.
US: Mobile Phone Billing is the Most Preferred Payment Method for Mobile Apps Users, reveals Nielsen’s study
Oct 29th
According to the study titled “ The State of Mobile Apps” conducted by Nielsen, amongst mobile users who have downloaded an app within the past month, mobile billing provider appeared to be the most current and preferred payment method to buy mobile applications:
- 32% of US Apps users pay by being charged on their mobile phone provider, compared to 31% pay by credit cards
- 32% of US Apps users would prefer to have charges appear on their mobile phone provider, compared to 24% would prefer to pay by credit cards.
For more info, please click here: Hi-media Blog Nielsen Mobile Apps Whitepaper
Mobile as a payment medium: Is this the payment solution of the future?
Oct 13th
Whilst mobile payments remain in its infancy, it continues to grow exponentially. The main obstacle is the lack of a standardized solution leading to some confusion about the respective roles of the different players involved. From the consumer perspective, although a small proportion of them currently use mobile payments, the popularity of this payment method is growing – as confirmed by figures published recently by various research companies:
- 81% of youths aged 12 to 34 are very interested in this service and 89% would be willing to pay a monthly fee to use their mobile as a wallet.
(Source: Alcatel-Lucent 2010 “The mobile phone as a wallet: Appealing To The New Generation of Consumers”, a study conducted among members of its Youth Lab in 10 different countries : Spain, Brazil, France, United States, United Kingdom, China, Mexico, Germany, Italy and Japan).
- 51% of worldwide mobile phone users said they would want the ability to make purchases with their mobile phone instead of using cash or a credit card.
(Source : Oracle, June 2010, “ Opportunity Calling: The Future of Mobile Communications”)
- 48% of French, 43% of Spanish and 39% of British mobile phone users would use their mobile in the future to pay, reserve or redeem for goods or services.
(Source: TNS-Orange, “Mobile Exposure 2010″)
Mobile payments therefore have a bright future, but in order for it to become a more prevalent method of payment it needs to become more available.
The synthesis and links to the related studies are available on the following link: Hi-media Blog The mobile phone as a wallet
Worldwide Mobile Payment Users to Reach 108.6 Million in 2010, according to Gartner
Jul 29th
Mobile payment is still a niche, but a growing market.
Mobile payment is expected to register a strong growth in 2010 (+54.5%) to reach 108.6 million mobile payment users worldwide.
In Western Europe, mobile payment users will total 7.1 million which will represent around 2% of mobile users in this region.
For further information, please click here: Hi-media Blog Gartner Mobile Payment June 2010
46% sales growth for Hi-media for H1 2010 at 109 M€
Jul 21st
Hi-media jus announced sales figures for the first half of the year 2010.
The Hi-media Group Advertising activity strongly increased (+87%) during the first half of the year 2010 due to the AdLINK Media acquisition impact.
The Hi-media Group Payments activity posted growth acceleration (+21%) during the first half of the year. This progression rate is the best performance ever registered by the Group over the last 12 months. It results from a higher contribution of the international activities and the dynamism of the online video games segment which represents the main industry client of Hi-media Payments. Mobile payment (Premium SMS) was the most dynamic method of payment during the first half of the year.
To read the press release, please click here: Hi-media PR 20072010
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