GigaOm’s top 25 mobile payment companies

Ryan Kim at GigaOm has a large post about the top 25 mobile payment companies.  Mobile payment has been on the horizon for many years and finally had a break out in 2011.  While its still early, mobile payments are going to be the next big thing as the world moves to mobile computing devices as primary platforms for accessing the web.

From GigaOm:

“Though many of the current mobile purchases are for digital goods, mobile payments are increasingly used to purchase physical goods and services, which is a much larger opportunity. Many big companies — the major cell phone carriers, credit card companies, banks, established tech companies, and new startups — are getting in on the action. Juniper Research found that there will be $240 billion in mobile payment transactions this year, which will rise to $670 billion by 2015.”

And the list: (on thinkd2c)