A survey published by digital security specialist Gemalto has shown a high demand for contactless and NFC payments in Dubai, with 85% of those polled saying they would 'like' or 'love' to use their mobile handset as a contactless payment method and 72% seeing no obstacle at all when using mobile NFC.
The Mobile POS market will surpass $2 billion in hardware/software sales in North America in 2013, and 28% of North American retailers plan to adopt Mobile POS in some form by the end of 2013, according to research from IHL Group
The adoption rate is very dependent on the type of retailer and volume of transactions, says Greg Buzek, president of IHL Group.

