Mobile transaction users to hit 2B by 2017: report

HAMPSHIRE, UK - Just over 2 billion mobile phone or tablet users will make some form of mobile commerce transaction by the end of 2017, up from 1.6 billion this year, according to a new report from Juniper Research.Mobile Commerce Markets: Key Sector Strategies, Opportunities & Forecasts 2014-2019 found that mobile consumption of services such as banking, money transfer and purchases of goods and services was surging as consumers were either migrating from desktop usage or becoming first-time eCommerce users through their smartphones or tablets. It also predicted that in a number of developed markets, mobile devices would account for...