4+ billion phones globallyAccording to a report by IEMR, global mobile payments transactions to rise to $1.13 trillion in 2014, with a CAGR of 94.8% (value of mobile payments transactions was $37.4 billion in 2009), the number of mobile payments users will rise to 1.06 billion in 2014Strongest growth coming from developing markets including Asia - According to IEMR, in Asia Pacific mobile payments transaction values in Asia Pacific will rise to $316B in 2014, with a CAGR of 94.1% and there will be 622 million mobile payments users in the Asia Pacific by 2014, accounting for 60% of mobile payment users globallyNFC uptake growing rapidly, according to IEMR in 2009, there were 861 million NFC transactions globally, forecast to rise to 35.6 billion transactions in 2014, with a CAGR of 106.4%Smart devices rapidly changing behavior of all demographic groups – “always on”Most of the growth in bill payment will come from the mobile channel – according to Aite Group mobile bill payments is forecast to grow 377% between 2010-2013Mobile being used for pre-paid top ups- according to IEMR prepaid top-ups using mobile payments to reach $286.4 billion in 2014, with a CAGR of 76.7%Existing payment chain participants being disrupted, telcos threatening banks’ incumbent position“Closed Loop” major threat to interchange revenueE-wallets and mobile encroaching on PrepaidMobile payment interaction offers lucrative source of new revenue opportunities, and biggest growth in mobile payments coming from non-bank providers – for example 2008-2012 forecast growth of 72% versus bank provider growth of 43% Opportunity for major players to drive payments infrastructure convergence across channelsUnderbanked/Underserved major target – rapidly growing segment in many parts of AsiaConsumers demanding more choice, better security and ease of use
Distra UPP can provision wallet software and upgrades to the mobile devices, and cards/features within the wallet in a similar way that POS software is provisioned.Transactions originating from the Mobile wallet can be processed by UPP for payment authorization and for adjunct services like Person-to-person payments, instantly redeemable offers, future redeemable offers, loyalty program point redemption/accrual, fraud prevention, mobile top-up, electronic receipts, virtual cards (e.g. based on phone number), etc. Transactions can be multi-legged, such as returning an offer first and accepting immediate redemption before authorizing the final total payment.