The Mobile Commerce News Weekly is an online newsletter made up of the most interesting news, articles and links related to mobile commerce and marketing, mobile payments, mobile money, e-wallets, mobile banking, mobile ads and mobile security that I run across each week.  I am specifically targeting market size and market trend information.

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eBay and PayPal have reported record numbers of mobile shoppers with December 9 transactions made via smartphones up 133 percent over last year’s highest volume mobile shopping day of December 4. Both companies are projected to reach $10 billion in mobile sales this year. Read Original Content

Amazon is now generating between $3 billion and $5 billion annually in sales originating from mobile devices. Read Original Content

Market research firm Analysys International published its latest statistics: by 2015, China's third-party Internet payment scale will reach CNY13.920 trillion. Read Original Content

Founded in 1979, DSI is a global provider of Enterprise Mobility Solutions®, helping companies worldwide increase productivity and profitability regardless of data source, device type, operating system or network connectivity.  DSI serves clients globally through its offices in Australia, Canada, China, France, Hong Kong, India, Japan, Singapore, the United Kingdom and the United States.  This newsletter is sponsored in part by DSI.

With 64 percent of Australians owning smartphones, mobile analysts are predicting the mobile payment industry will be worth almost $50 billion worldwide by 2014. Read Original Content

eMarketer projects global mobile ad spending will bounce 400 percent in the next four years — from $8.4 billion in 2012 to nearly $37 billion in 2016. Read Original Content
Analysts at Javelin Strategy and Research have identified their top 10 transformational trends for 2013 in payments, banking, mobile and security. According to Javelin, the trends point to a constantly evolving financial services arena where mobile and social media are both an asset and a challenge. Read Original Content

According to the new survey conducted by Chetan Sharma Consulting, mobile payments and commerce will not only get big,they’ll be powered largely by old-school financial companies. Read Original Content

Facebook, owner of the largest social-networking service, rose 5.2 percent amid optimism the company will be able to step up sales growth from advertising shown to users on mobile devices. Read Original Content

SuperValu has revealed new mobile shopping apps that let shoppers buy their groceries from the comfort of their homes or by zapping barcodes with their smartphones and paying online. Read Original Content

During 2012 the iPad generated more traffic than any other tablet or smartphone, reaching nearly 10 percent of online shopping. This was followed by the iPhone at 8.7 percent and Android  devices at 5.5 percent. Read Original Content

The UK leads the world when it comes to mobile data, Internet shopping and catch-up TV. That’s the conclusion of Ofcom’s seventh International Communications Market Report. Read Original Content

Small businesses shouldn't assume mobile-money initiatives are only for their larger brethren. Electronic Commerce International, a small-business payment processor, is urging smaller companies to look at mobile payments. Read Original Content'

Square is announcing that Starbucks is the next retail partner to sell its mobile card readers. The payments company also has a deal with the coffee giant to process transactions and accept Square Wallet. Now Square readers will also be sold at Starbucks’ 7,000 company operated stores. Read Original Content

In 2015 American and European shoppers will spend $67.1 billion on smartphone and tablet retail purchases, according to a Bank of America forecast. Read Original Content

This year mobile payment transactions are expected to hit $640 million. By 2016, they will jump to $62.24 billion, according to a report from eMarketer Inc., a New York-based research company. Read Original Content

Recent Articles by Kevin Benedict

Twitter, Smartphones, TV and Real-Time Feedback
Measuring the Value of Social and Mobile Solutions in the Enterprise
M2M, Social and Enterprise Mobility Strategies and Trends
Mobile Data, Filtering and Real-Time Decision Making
Kevin Benedict's What's New in HTML5 - Week of December 30, 2012
Enterprise Mobility, Legos and Mobile Trends in 2013
Mobile Strategies and Gartner's 2013 Top 10 Strategic Technology Trends
SMAC Tsunamis and Mobile Strategies
Enterprise Mobility, Disinterested Workers and Globalization

Whitepapers of Note

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