Contactless Payment Users will Reach 300 Million by 2017

Since 2011, expectations have been high that mobile contactless payments — enabled via Near Field Communications (NFC) — would rapidly gain traction around the world. This has not come to pass.

The number of consumers making contactless payments via their mobile handsets will reach 300 million globally by 2017 — that’s up from just over 110 million last year.

via Digital Lifescapes