Opinions

The world seems to have got itself into a great big, tearing hurry. Consumers can send and receive e-mail across the globe in near-real-time. They can download a movie to watch immediately, or buy...

Global mobile commerce is now a huge 34% of all e-commerce transactions worldwide and is predicted to grow 31% in 2017. That’s over 200% faster than the growth of the entire e-commerce market. That’s why...

NTT DoCoMo, with over 44 million subscribers, has achieved its 50%-plus market share in Japan through building platforms offering innovative and exciting voice and data services. This innovation has been responsible for i-mode, the mobile...

Advances in biometric payment technology could soon mean the end of physical credit cards. Pressure from both payment providers and consumers for quicker, more convenient, more secure means to make financial payments has boosted...

Internet and mobile security expert BullGuard advises that malicious attacks could be even more prevalent and certainly more varied in 2013, and urges users to stay one step ahead by knowing how third parties...

M-commerce and mobile payments have gradually been gaining acceptance across the world, particular in developing markets where fixed lines of communication are less available. In Europe, we’ve seen a growing number of direct carrier billing...

India’s emergence as a digital payment powerhouse is an unlikely story. Until recently, cash accounted for 95% of transactions, 85% of workers were paid in cash, and 70% of online shoppers chose ‘cash on...

It is surprising to see that smartphone owners of all people are taking the biggest risks with data security, considering that 74% of all interviewees regularly use their web-enabled smartphone to browse the internet. This...

It is new technology and it is slowly but surely making its mark. Josef Ellmauer, CEO of Encorus Technologies, looks at how m-commerce is rising above the industry noise and quietly building a market The...

A group of influential European FinTech companies have come together as 56 companies and associations operating across all EU Member States and at a global level in the financial services space, including: The companies, in a...