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5 Predictions About the Future of Digital Wallets
The E-Commerce Path
By some estimates, 70% or more of all e-commerce transactions are abandoned at checkout, valued at roughly $18 billion a year. There are many reasons for this ... But no one likes the 16-digit hunt-and-peck. No one. Which is why the onramp for digital wallets is likely to come, not in the form of mobile transactions in cafes and gas stations, but rather, online, because, ironically enough, that's where the friction is.
— Tech writer Jeffrey O'Brien in a recent Mashable.com article sponsored by V.me, Visa's digital wallet.
Source: Mashable.com
Jonathan Camhi has been an associate editor with Bank Systems & Technology since 2012. He previously worked as a freelance journalist in New York City covering politics, health and immigration, and has a master's degree from the City University of New York's Graduate School ... View Full Bio