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A majority of consumers view the prospect of using mobile devices to pay for purchases at the point of sale "somewhat appealing" to "very appealing," suggest the results of a Monitise Americas LLC study. Eighty-four percent of survey respondents expressed interest in contactless mobile payments, with 46% finding the concept "very appealing" and 38% "somewhat appealing." Among respondents ages 18 to 24, 88% view contactless mobile payments "somewhat appealing" to "very appealing," while 85% of those ages 25 to 44 and 84% of respondents ages 45 to 65 find it appealing. "No one is debating [mobile payments] will happen. The driver is consumers," says Lisa Stanton, CEO of Providence, R.I.-based Monitise Americas. MacCorr Research in November conducted the online survey of 1,134 U.S. adults ages 18 to 65 who have and use cell phones regularly.
