The following article from Software Advice (click here) provides a good overview of mobile payments and trends in an article titled, Mobile Payments: FAQs for Retailers.
In July 2011, Gartner released a study on worldwide mobile payment trends. In it, Gartner reported a striking 38 percent jump in mobile payment users from 2010 to 2011, to 141 million. Even so, the report notes that the market has been slow to develop, and mass market adoption may be more than four years away. Click here to read the rest of the article…