Tuesday, February 28, 2017

Mobile Payments may Overtake Physical Cards in 2017


Driven by the much-talked about Demonetization by the Government, the Digital and Mobile payments will overshadow cash or card payment practices as the predominant cashless payment mode in India by 2017, according to Deloitte India in its recent report - Technology, Media and Telecommunications (TMT) Predictions 2017. 

Mobile payment, unlike card swiping process using magnetic card readers kept at the Point Of Sale counters of retail stores, uses one’s own smart phone through which a customer pays his bills using either a mobile wallet application or through electronic money transfer, which are safe and secure. 

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