All over the world, companies are under pressure to offer customers a platform that provides full functionality on a smartphone. But in Asia, where there is extremely rapid growth in mobile penetration, there is an even stronger need for a smartphone solution. Mobile is so important in the region because in many markets, a smartphone is the first and only channel that people have to get online – people have leapfrogged desktop PCs and gone straight to mobile. In Asia’s developing markets there is a willingness to adopt new payment technologies – the success of mobile platforms in China for example, demonstrates that people are comfortable using their phone to … Continue reading HSBC