The payments ecosystem has witnessed radical developments over the past decade. There are more than a dozen payment technologies driving numerous payment methods. The list of examples would seem never ending. Just to cite a few, there is Bionym which has come with a smart band for payments that uses…
Consumer demand for cash on delivery (COD) payment methods is holding back e-commerce in the Arabian Gulf region even as revenues grow, retailers said. “COD is an obstacle to growth and taking more risk,” said Hosam Arab, the managing director and co-founder of the fashion retailer Namshi, which has had…
Tim Green, Editor of Mobile Money Revolution explains how we are in an age where we’ve turned our phones into cameras, MP3 players and alarm clocks. Will we ever turn them into wallets? A huge number of companies who are moving to over the air mobile payments are betting we will. Do…
A new report by Hamburg-based secondary research organization yStats.com: “Global Alternative Payment Methods 2014“, reveals that alternatives to the traditional credit card are gaining a larger share of B2C Commerce worldwide. In the next several years, the total share of all alternative payment methods is expected to reach over 50%…
Published recently by Hamburg-based secondary research organization yStats.com, “Asia-Pacific Online Payment Methods: First Half 2014“, reviews the variety of payment methods that consumers in the region prefer when shopping online. Among the findings of the report is that security and convenience of payment were important factors in the online shopping…
A newly released report by Hamburg-based secondary research organization yStats.com: “Europe Online Payment Methods: First Half 2014“, reveals that alternate payment methods are growing at a fast pace, but credit cards still dominate the payments landscape in online shopping. In keeping with the diversity of the continent, there is wide…
Hamburg-based secondary research organization yStats.com has released a new report: “Global Online Payment Methods: First Half 2014“, which reveals that credit cards continue to have the largest share of global B2C E-Commerce payments and are likely to maintain that lead in the near future. However, the fastest growing alternative methods,…
Credit cards are the leading payment method in the EU e-commerce Original Title in Russian: Кредитные карты остаются ведущим платежным методом в электронной коммерции ЕС Недавнее исследование, проведенное немецкой организацией yStats.com, показало, что кредитные карты, как средство денежных расчетов, удерживают лидирующие позиции на рынке электронной коммерции Европейского Союза. Подобная тенденция сохранится и…