Credit Cards And Mobile Phones Shoot Up In Popularity As Bill Payment Tools

Greater percentages of U.S. online households said they used plastic payment cards and mobile phones to pay their bills in 2013 than they did in prior years. Here are the key data points:  Mobile bill payment is gaining steam: The percentage of respondents who said they paid a bill in the last month using their mobile phone increased from 6% in 2011, to 16% in 2013. These respondents used apps, text messages, and mobile Web browsers to pay their bills.  Among smartphone users, the trend is ev...