Growth of cashless: SumUp takes market share in Poland
Why has Poland's card usage grown in the last years? We analyse the recent developments in electronic payments that led to SumUp's growth in Poland.
Predicted growth of use of mobile wallet and NFC payments
NFC and mobile wallet payments around the world are expected to surge in line with the growth in smartphones, as customers become more used to mobile payments.
Norway embracing NFC, BLE and QR payments?
Norwegians hardly use cash anymore when paying for anything with their debit or credit cards. So why bother with a mobile wallet or QR codes?
SumUp offers the first mobile POS system in Switzerland
Small and mobile businesses in Switzerland got a new option for accepting card payments: the SumUp app for their smartphone or tablet.
Germany’s mobile card readers: iZettle and SumUp in the lead
Mobile point of sale is catching on in Germany. Payleven and iZettle are in the lead, but are there other serious competitors in the German market?
Mobile payments in the Netherlands: alternatives for small businesses
Holland's mobile payment market just got “agglomerated” in the fall of 2014, when Swedish iZettle stepped in as the fourth mobile payment service provider, joining Payleven, SumUp, and Adyen Shuttle. For small business owners, sole traders, non-profits or individuals who want to accept debit and credit cards without the bureaucracy [...]
M-PESA: how Kenya took the lead in mobile money
By Janet Kamana, Nairobi M-PESA is a mobile money transfer service supported by Safaricom, Kenya's largest mobile network operator. It is arguably the most developed mobile money transfer system in the world, and has transformed the lives of many Kenyans. With over 18.2 million subscribers in a country [...]
The mobile payment race in France: mobile card readers
Europeans are becoming more and more used to using plastic cards for everyday items. In some countries it’s now quite possible to get through a day and even week without using cash at all. According to Euromonitor International’s recent consumer payments study, card payments are expected to be more popular [...]
Organisations overseeing SMS payments – by country
To protect consumers from unscrupulous companies, many countries have set up a regulatory framework to reassure their customers that it is safe to use any SMS payment provider registered with them and also to offer them a place where they can raise any concerns about SMS payments. The need [...]
Growing use of SMS payments around the world
United States of America In the USA most mobile phone operators, banks and developers are banking on NFC technology being the key technology to the growth of mobile payments. In the United States users can already use smartphones to pay for goods (Starbucks, MobilePay USA) or to accept payments for [...]
Predicted growth in mobile payments in Asia Pacific
China has the largest number of mobile phone users in the world at the moment, with 987,580,000 mobile phones in use, closely followed by India, with 903,727,208. Japan and Indonesia are also in the top ten countries worldwide for mobile phone ownership. Asia Pacific is a big market for mobile [...]
Who is using SMS payments and mobile payments and where?
The use of the mobile phone as a wallet or payment device is growing rapidly as companies, financial institutions and customers come to grips with the technology and the possibilities that it brings for mobile payments. Here are just some case studies showing real-life examples of SMS payments and [...]