Just as we see use of plastic cards for payments today, tapping the mobile phone to make payments at retail stores or making purchases while travelling by train does not seem to be the distant reality. Mobile payments in the US are expected to reach $142 billion in volume in 2019 (Source). Research giants like…
The papers carried news recently of cardiac surgeons in Warsaw using Google Glass and an optical display mounted on the head to restore blood flow in an important artery of a patient. While the news highlighted the pioneering nature of the surgery many will agree that even this innovative use of the Glass is not…
Over the last couple of posts, we have kept the focus on payment technologies in general and to some extent on NFC in particular. While putting these posts together, we came across some disquieting signs as well. In a previous post, we had reported on the findings of Mobile research firm Yankee Research for the…
NFC is often discussed with reference to mobile payments. With iPhone 6 supporting NFC with Apply Pay, the excitement around NFC again picked up a lot in the last year. Undoubtedly, there is huge traction for NFC all over. According to a study by Juniper, by the end of 2016, the number of mobile wallet…
“The evolving social and digital media platforms and highly innovative and relevant payment capabilities are causing seismic changes in consumer behavior and creating equally disruptive opportunities for business.” – Howard Schultz The change the CEO of Starbucks was talking about may already be here. Gartner has estimated that by 2017 mobile payments worldwide would touch…
So much has already been said about Enterprise Mobility that sometimes it is difficult to know what is important and what isn’t. With that in mind consider this post our attempt at creating an Enterprise Mobility conversation starter. First a look at the numbers that justify the hype though – a recent Citrix Mobile Ecosystem…
Retail industry is beginning to feel the impact of soaring mobile device penetration across the world. A recent Barclays report suggests that the retail sales made via mobile devices are expected to reach GBP 32 billion by 2019. Another research suggests that the online retail is expected to grow to about $50 billion by 2016 –…
A Frost & Sullivan report has estimated that this year as many as $ 111.19 Billion worth of payments will be made through NFC. One would assume that with such robust growth on the cards in the payments space the proponents would have their hand full but this is not the case. Companies with a…
