Trends in mobile payments research: A literature review

The authors reviewed the top twenty cited papers since 1999 and the twenty most recently published papers on m-payments since August 2014 to uncover trends in key research themes and methodologies researched.

Abstract

Mobile payments (m-payments) are increasingly being adopted by organisations as a new way of doing business in the 21st century. During the last few years, the use of m-payments as a new payment channel has resulted in an increase in the volume of literature dedicated to the topic. For this reason, this paper presents the findings of a review of literature aimed at identifying the key research themes and methodologies researched. In order to uncover these trends the authors reviewed the top twenty cited papers since 1999 and the twenty most recently published papers on m-payments since August 2014.