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Jumio’s perspective on the abandonment challenge If 66% of your shoppers abandoned their shopping at an in-store checkout, would you be worried? According to Jumio’s Consumer Insights study, that’s exactly what is happening in the M-commerce channel. So how can Continue reading 5 Tactics to Reduce mCommerce Abandonment
You may be interested to know that the latest South African Mobile Report has just been released – Aug. 2014 . Among other things, Samsung has overtaken Blackberry to become the leader in mobile phone providers. Download the report completely FREE Continue reading New South African Mobile Report Available – Download Here
In South Africa, buying food and beverages as well as clothes online continues to lag behind global norms, an Ernst & Young (EY) survey revealed yesterday, 22 July 2014. © cienpiesnf – Fotolia.com Though online activity is rising in SA, Continue reading SA slow to adopt online shopping, with logistics a problem
The digital era has brought about with it a new Zeitgeist, that of shopping online as a convenient, simple and stress free experience. No need to stand in long queues to pay or to wait so we can try on Continue reading Online fashion shopping website launched – Madichaba.com
Kinetic is pleased to announce that our inaugural eCommerce Africa Confex (Conference and Exhibition) will be happening at the Cape Town International Conference Centre from the 3-4February 2015. The eCommerce Africa Confex brings together a unique blend of compelling and Continue reading Top speakers and an exciting agenda lined up for the eCommerce Africa Confex
Since May 2013, Barclays has offered its high net-worth customers the ability to use voice recognition for banking authentication. Now it seems that the solution will be rolled out to include all of its 12 million retail customers as well. Continue reading Barclays bankers can say goodbye to PINs and passwords
South Africa’s retailers, financial institutions and brands are gaining pace with international competitors in adopting technologies such as near-field communication (NFC) for mobile and cashless payments. Two years ago, it was predicted that the high cost of installing point-of-sale terminals Continue reading SA Companies Adopting ‘Tap-n-Go’ Cashless Payment Systems