More advanced mobile banking functionalities such as bill payment are driving momentum in the adoption of transactional mobile banking services, according to a new report from Juniper Research.

Dot-com companies including Google and Amazon are reportedly trying out physical retail stores as a way to attract new consumers. Could the shift to bricks-and-mortar stores be a sign of the times to come for online retail?

The number of mobile users expected to use a near field communications-enabled mobile phones as a metro rail or bus ticket is expected to grow from less than 1 percent today to 13 percent by 2016, according to a new report from Juniper Research.

Mobile banking is expected to continue to rise by 2013 with a half billion consumers using the services, according to a study from Juniper Research.

According to a new Juniper Research study, mobile couponing is poised to reach redemption rates of 8 percent by 2016.

Mobile retail marketing is predicted to rake in $15 billion in 2012, a 50 percent growth from 2011, according to a study from Juniper Research.

Rapid growth in mobile ticketing, Near Field Communication and purchases of physical goods will help drive up the volume of mobile payments, which are expected to total $670 billion by 2015, according to Juniper Research.

With the exponential growth of feature and smartphones, mobile payments have taken off and are predicted to grow 40 percent and reach $2.5 billion globally by 2015, according to Juniper Research.

Global near field communication mobile contactless payment transactions will reach nearly $50 billion worldwide by 2014, with the United States starting to catch up to other countries, according to a study by Juniper Research.

One in five smartphones will have near field communication capabilities by 2014, according to Juniper Research.