Adyen: 3.6% of all global payments are completed using iPad devices - report

The iPad is the world?s most commonly used mobile device for payments, with users spending on average 20 percent more per purchase than on other mobile devices, a recent report has revealed.

According to a research conducted by Adyen, a provider of global internet payment and e-commerce services, 3.6 percent of all global payments are now completed using iPad devices, compared with 3 percent on iPhones and 1.5 percent on Android devices, with use of iPad and Android devices for payments experiencing the fastest growth.

Moreover, the study has found that, in addition to the iPad?s new position as market leader for mobile payments, the worldwide share of all mobile transactions has more than doubled over the past 8 months from 3.6 percent in late 2011, to 8.4 percent in June 2012.

Finally, the research has shown that so-called Daily Deal websites have experienced the greatest mobile payment penetration, with 12.6 percent of all transactions originating from a mobile device. This is closely followed by the retail sector, with a total of 7.2 percent.

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