‘No consensus on what a mobile wallet is’: What banks and retailers really think about mobile payments

Industry experts from banking, consulting and venture capital worlds gathered in New York Thursday to assess the future of mobile payments.
How to drive up low user adoption was a key challenge, particularly how to change user behavior and build trust.

Suman Bhattacharyya | December 01, 2017

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