In a Thursday panel about mobile payments at Mobile World Congress, PayPal Vice President of Global Product Hill Ferguson noted that while it was “easy to create a wallet, it’s hard to get consumers to use it.” The act of using a digital wallet is still far from mainstream. Many consumers are still confused as…

Mobile technology is enhancing the retail shopping experience in countless new ways, as demonstrated by a panel Wednesday afternoon at Mobile World Congress 2013 in Barcelona. Half a dozen retail-oriented corporations and entrepreneurs gave presentations about how their products are shaping – or hope to shape – the mobile retail landscape. The demonstrations came from…

Abstract art and Iberian ham made for interesting conversation at PayPal’s Mobile World Congress 2013 party. Businessmen, tech geeks and eBay Inc. employees alike bonded over the party’s sumptuous locale, the tasty food, flamenco dancer entertainment, and of course, the merits of connected commerce. The PayPal-hosted event was held at the Francisco Godia Foundation, which houses one…

PayPal’s Patrick Gauthier said Wednesday in a Mobile World Congress panel session that eBay Inc. was creating a world of connected commerce that sidestepped any labels. “The terminology is obsolete,” said Gauthier, who currently serves as PayPal’s head of product strategy and business operations in retail services. ”Is it commerce or mobile commerce? Who cares? The future is…

Second-day MWC attendees checked out new and noteworthy hand-sets, robots, tablets you can make calls from (i.e. “phablets“), automaker apps, and more. They also ducked in keynotes about subjects like the future of communications, where so-called “over the top,” or OTT services like messaging start-up Viber Media both challenged and asked to cooperate with more traditional…

The topic of  brand value in mobile payments dominated the “New Value Exchange” panel Tuesday afternoon in Hall 8 at Mobile World Congress 2013. A quartet of panelists, including  PayPal’s senior vice president of strategy and business development Mark Lavelle, agreed that given the sensitivity surrounding mobile payments, having a recognizable and proven company name was crucial in…

New product launches and press conferences dominated the first day of Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, Spain, the annual mobile conference put on by the GSM Association. At the eBay Inc. booth, PayPal President David Marcus spoke about connected commerce and global and seamless payment solutions, while other companies used the press conference-heavy first day to…

Where other companies are just starting to test mobile solutions, eBay Inc. is already a leader in the space. Last year alone, eBay mobile generated $13 billion in volume – more than double the prior year – and PayPal mobile transacted almost $14 billion in payment volume, more than triple the prior year. It’s unsurprising,…

This week, thousands of mobile-obsessed entrepreneurs, app developers and executives will descend upon Barcelona, Spain for the annual Mobile World Congress conference. Put on by the GSM Association (GSMA), the conference hosts a series of panels, discussion sessions, and an exhibition hall dedicated to all things mobile. A key element of eBay Inc’s mission is…

Includes video embed of Wall Street Journal interview of eBay CEO, John Donahoe, from Mobile World Congress 2012.