Carol’s Reponse to Amazon TextBuyIt

April 3rd, 2008

Redherring.com interviewed Carol in their article about Amazon’s introduction of TextBuyIt. Here’s what Carol had to say:

” ‘This validates our market and it will get even more merchants and others interested in offering consumers the ability to purchase on the go,’ Ms. Realini said.

Despite the growing sophistication of mobile phones and the emergence of the mobile web, large banks and retailers in the U.S. have been reluctant to adopt mobile banking and mobile payments.

But Ms. Realini believes that those attitudes are changing, in part due to changing attitudes among consumers.

‘We have seen a lot of interest in mobile payments from all age groups,’ she said. ‘There are some people who need convincing around safety, but there is a whole lifestyle that has developed around mobile phones and mobile commerce is part of that.’ “

You can read the rest of the article here.