Use of mobile devices to make payments triples

The number of Irish people using mobile devices to make payments has tripled in the past year.

According to Visa’s 2016 Digital Payments Study, the number of consumers regularly using a smartphone, tablet, or wearable to pay for goods has jumped from 18% to 53%.

One year ago, 38% of the people surveyed said they had never used a mobile device to make payments and had no plans to do so. Today, that number has dropped to 12%.