In a Boost to Bitcoin, Study Shows Chinese Consumers Need More Financial Services
A new Demand Institute's study finds that the demand for expanded access to financial services, which could add an estimated $650bln in Chinese consumer spending over the next 10 years, has been going largely unmet. The report, A Wealth of Opportunity: Chinese Consumers and Their Shifting Demand for Financial Services, states that there exists an untapped demand among Chinese consumers for household financial services products, including deposit accounts, credit cards and debit cards. It further elaborates that the evolution of this demand in China would be different to that of other....
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A study performed by Skrill last Wednesday revealed that online shoppers will abandon a purchase for a multitude of reasons, most of which Bitcoin payments solve. The study showed one in every four consumers will quit their purchase altogether if the retailer doesn't offer their preferred method of payment. Of 2000 people surveyed, 38 percent told the online payment processor that they would leave their cart incomplete if they are forced to create an account through the site. 32 percent said if the website is asking for too much information, consumers also will not complete their purchase....
Even though plenty of consumers are looking forward to using new and innovative mobile payment solutions, there are still a lot of security issues that need to be addressed. A recent study conducted by Ponemon Institute shows how mobile transactions lack proper security measures to keep payment data safe. As a result, there is a huge lack of confidence by both consumers and businesses. Bitcoin, on the other hand, has no issues securing mobile payments and is available for consumers all over the world.
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Despite the large concentration of Bitcoin and other cryptocurrency related activities in China, a new report suggests that a tiny proportion of online shoppers in the world’s most populated country use the top digital currency. The study, based on a 20-minute digital survey with a nationally representative sample of 1,000 online digital shoppers ageing 18+ in the U.S. and China, conducted between Sept. 19 and Oct. 12, 2016, says credit cards, online payment services and mobile wallet still tops the list of the most used online payment method by device among US and Chinese shoppers....