{"id":5991,"date":"2019-04-04T11:18:03","date_gmt":"2019-04-04T09:18:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/paynopain.com\/mobile-payment-in-2019-the-definitive-payment-means\/"},"modified":"2025-11-14T09:57:17","modified_gmt":"2025-11-14T08:57:17","slug":"mobile-payment-in-2019-the-definitive-payment-means","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/paynopain.com\/en\/blog\/mobile-payment-in-2019-the-definitive-payment-means\/","title":{"rendered":"Mobile payment in 2019: the definitive payment means?"},"content":{"rendered":"

There are 2659 million users connected to smartphones<\/strong> worldwide. Experts in the field expect that by 2019 more than 900 million people around the world will use their mobile devices to make payments<\/strong> and by 2020 this figure will exceed 1 billion people.<\/span><\/p>\n

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In Spain currently 94% of users use a smartphone<\/strong>, compared to 41% six years ago, and, according to MasterCard’s Digital Payroll Barometer, today 31% of Spaniards choose to pay with their mobile phone on a regular basis. So, it is easy to perceive that it is an upward trend that will become popular in a very short time.<\/span><\/p>\n

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There is no doubt that mobile<\/strong> is the most convenient tool we have in our pocket always to pay for the products and services we consume on a daily basis in a physical way. And contrary to what is usually thought, this means of payment<\/strong> can be even safer than the rest, since virtual cards<\/strong> can not be stolen or duplicated because they are inside our smartphone<\/strong>. But also when we decide to pay with the mobile<\/strong> we enjoy a triple layer of protection: first, whenever the phone has a password, PIN, fingerprint or facial recognition is protected; Second, the app also requests a password or PIN; and finally, the own security measures that the payment<\/strong> with the conventional card<\/strong> has.<\/span><\/p>\n

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But it is that for some people from developing countries paying with mobile<\/strong> is the only option, because banks do not allow them to access conventional financial products due to their low economic resources. This is where mobile technology can make a big difference, as CHANGEiT<\/strong> is already doing in different projects where financial inclusion is promoted thanks to this means of payment.<\/span><\/p>\n

And is that to pay with the mobile<\/strong> only we need:<\/span><\/p>\n