social media and mobile payments hot in chile

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Global mobile payments solutions provider Omlis claim that the continued growth of Internet and social media use could be a key catalyst for the accelerated adoption of mobile payments in Chile. A report by Ericsson Consumerlab confirmed Chile as the joint leading mCommerce economy in South America with Mexico. Omlis confidently endorse the idea that the explosion of Internet use via mobile devices in Chile and its added convenience provides the ideal scenario for simple yet secure mobile payment services for an increasingly tech savvy consumer base. Omlis state that low financial inclusion and high mobile phone penetration are key contributing factors. The evidence of such convergence has recently been demonstrated by Twitter’s testing of a “Buy now” button, a button that only appears on mobile devices. Omlis, who recently completed a strategic partnership agreement with leading Chilean technology services provider, ISN Technologies, made this confident claim based on current consumer activity around Internet and social media use in Chile. The convergence of social media and mobile payments can be explained when assessing factors such as social inclusion, low average household income and the relatively high cost of home Internet services. According to The OECD better life index, the average household net-adjusted disposable income per capita in Chile is $13,762 per annum. Social liberation and inclusion through social media in Chile becomes more apparent with the average net adjusted disposable income of the top 20% of the population at $38,697 per annum compared to the bottom 20% who earn an estimated $2,983 per annum. Pew Research Center found that as emerging economies like Chile continue to embrace and rely on the Internet and mobile technology. The study found that 69% of Chileans access the Internet daily via a mobile device of which 55% of 18-29 year olds use smartphones to do so. Ericsson Consumerlab put the mobile phone saturation rate in Chile at 152% in 2013 with ComScore Research identifying the level of social media activity at 10+ hours per month to such platforms via a mobile device by Latin Americans. The report by Pew Research further confirmed that 76% of Internet users in Chile use social media, awarding Chile the 2nd highest social media usage in Latin America. The most popular use of social media in Chile was identified as staying in-touch with family and friends and sharing views about music and movies representing 96% and 79% of Chileans. The report also found that 37% of Chileans access Facebook and Twitter regularly via their mobile phone, with 11% confirming they also research prices via this media. Chile is a mobile savvy nation with a population of 17.2 million. Although classified as a rapidly emerging economy, Chile scored 12.97 by the OECD Better Life Index which reflects the maximum social inequality gap between the rich and poor.

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