friday factoids february 20, 2014

… the number of Bitcoin ATMs open for business in the U.S..

1

Source: Robocoin, 2014

Source: Frost and Sullivan, 2014

$2.6 Billion

… is the forecasted value of the strong authentication and one-time password market in 2018.

Source: GAO, 2014

11%… of U.S. colleges and universities have agreements to provide debit or prepaid cards to students.

… is how much retail sector sales fell in January 2014.Source: U.S. Census

Bureau, 2014

0.4%

Source: Huffington Post, 2014

… is the average annual return on merchant fees charged by credit card companies.

33.5%

4.9%

Source: American Customer Satisfaction Index, 2014

… of Americans are satisfied with their

online shopping experiences.

.

… growth in the number of mobile payment transactions in China in 2013.

312%

Source: People’s Bank of China, 2014

Source: Social Media Marketing University, 2014

… of brands’ reputations have been tarnished as a result of negative social media posts.

26%

… of American credit card payments were more than 90 days late in Q4 2013.1.48

%Source: TransUnion,2014

Source: GlobalWebIndex, 2014

… of Americans plan to purchase Google Glass when it becomes available.

24%