ABI Research: Survey Says Consumers Want Contactless
09 January, 2008
category: Contactless, Financial, NFC, RFID
U.S. consumers are keen to use their mobile handsets for making in-store payments, but the majority only wants to have one credit/debit account for making those purchases, according to a new ABI Research survey of consumer attitudes.
Much of the work on developing a standard application platform across NFC handsets has been geared at providing a platform capable of supporting and managing multiple payment accounts from any number of credit and debit card issuers.
However, ABI Research’s ” Mobile and Contactless Payments” survey, carried out at the end of 2007, reveals that initially at least, consumers prefer a single account that is easy to manage on the handset.