mobile payments forecast to reach one trillion dollars by 2015!
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mobile payments forecast to reach one trillion dollars by 2015!
Genius is a customer facing device which integrates and aggregates all forms of payment into a single touch point. The purpose of the device is to give merchants the flexibility to accept any form of payment, including mobile wallets, as they become available. Through Genius our customers can accept bankcard transactions, NFC enabled mobile payments, QR code mobile payments, EMV transactions and they can even capture signatures electronically.
By 2017 it is projected that 86% of all merchants will be able to accept mobile wallet payments. Will you be one of them? Do you know how to accept mobile wallet payments?
This is a longshot - but it looks like Apple may be creating an Iphone that has fingerprint security! If they do release this technology it may help instill confidence in the ability to use your smartphone to make moble payments. With even less opportunity for a fraudulent transaction smartphone payments adoption may happen faster than we think. Will paying with your fingerprint itself be the next way to pay?
In the article below Henry Helgeson discusses what to look for from Mobile Payments in 2013. It looks like your mag stripe on your cerdit card is going away and paying with your smartphone is going to really take off this year!