Source: Adyen
Notes: Mobile web transactions accounted for roughly 22% of global payment transactions during the second quarter, up a couple of points from the end of Q1, per the report. Mobile’s share of transactions continued to be largest in the travel industry, comprising almost 4 in 10 payments, up from slightly more than one-third the prior quarter. Mobile’s share of retail transactions also grew, from roughly one-quarter to almost 30% share. Retail continued to be the only tracked industry in which tablets accounted for a larger share of payments than mobile phones.
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About the Data: The Adyen Global Mobile Payments Index is based on Adyen global payment transaction data. This Index has been created to track the rapid evolution of mobile as a payment channel and provide insight into mobile payment trends for different devices, market sectors and geographies. Adyen processes payments for more than 3,500 medium, large and enterprise-sized organizations mainly operating multi-national businesses. The company processed more than USD 14 billion in payments transactions in 2013, of which USD 2.2 billion were mobile transactions.
