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The increasing adoption of mobile payments in Europe — and remaining challenges to growth

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  • De Meijer, Carlo R. W.

    (Owner, De Meijer Financial Services Advisory)

  • Bye, Jonathan

Abstract

Europe, the long-time laggard in mobile payments, is suddenly exhibiting encouraging signs of building the necessary infrastructure and piloting a variety of mobile payment initiatives. There are growing signs that the conditions for mobile payments in the European region to take off have improved. There is an increasing sense of urgency and willingness among the various players to pilot and invest in the mobile payments market in Europe. Europe has experienced growing activity in the mobile payments arena in the past 12 months. This is mirrored by the increased number of trials and, pilots in the space of mobile payments by vendors, retailers, transit authorities, mobile operators and banks. Thereby, they are increasingly using Near Field Communication (NFC) technology or NFC bridging technologies. While the infrastructure for mobile payments is falling into place, various challenges to widespread deployment still remain, such as the lack of NFC handsets, the lack of standards and interoperability, and the security concerns of consumers. This has hindered the quick take up and widespread adoption of mobile payments in Europe. The payments industry must face the existing obstacles before consumers and merchants widely adopt mobile payments.

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  • De Meijer, Carlo R. W. & Bye, Jonathan, 2011. "The increasing adoption of mobile payments in Europe — and remaining challenges to growth," Journal of Payments Strategy & Systems, Henry Stewart Publications, vol. 5(3), pages 273-288, September.
    • Handle: RePEc:aza:jpss00:y:2011:v:5:i:3:p:273-288
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    Keywords

    remote mobile payments; proximity mobile payments; business model;
    All these keywords.

    JEL classification:

    • G2 - Financial Economics - - Financial Institutions and Services
    • E5 - Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics - - Monetary Policy, Central Banking, and the Supply of Money and Credit

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