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New Zealand some way off 'tipping point' for mobile money, according to the Lafferty Group

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New Zealand some way off 'tipping point' for mobile money, according to the Lafferty Group
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By Gareth Vaughan

New Zealand may have the highest internet penetration in the Asia-Pacific region and be on the cusp of mobile wallets, but we're not yet at the tipping point where mobile payments are about to seize a sizeable chunk of overall payments transactions.

This is a conclusion that can be drawn from a global mobile money webinar from the London-based Lafferty Group.

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