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January 12, 2012 06:25 pm GMT

eBay Forecasts $8B In Mobile Commerce Volume In 2012; PayPal Will Reach $7B

ebayAt his CES keynote yesterday evening, eBay CEO (and new interim PayPal CEO) John Donahoe revealed a number of new mobile payments forecasts for both eBay and PayPal. As we heard from PayPal VP David Marcus a few days ago, PayPal surpassed its expectation of $3.5 billion in mobile payments in 2011, reaching $4 billion for the year. Donahoe said in his keynote that eBay reached $5 billion in mobile GMV (gross merchandise volume) in 2011, doubling 2010's GMV.He also projected yesterday that eBay would reach $8 billion in mobile GMV in 2012, and PayPal will reach $7 billion in transactions in 2012. eBay Mobile currently has more than 65 million downloads of eBays mobile applications across platforms. And more than 890,000 new eBay shoppers made their first eBay purchase through the companys mobile apps in 2011, a 113% increase year over year.

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