Over One in Three UK Smartphone Owners Ready for NFC Mobile Payments

While NFC-based mobile payments have been in place for some time, the willingness of the user base to pay by phone has been somewhat less than enthusiastic. Security seems to be the biggest worry for many potential mobile payments users out there, and though other concerns factor in as well, that still seems to be an impediment for many. But a new study from YouGov notes that of about 2,000 respondents, 38 percent of smartphone owners in the United Kingdom are willing to use near field communications (NFC) in mobile payments as a regular part of life.