Mark Bridge pays with a flick of the wrist
Mark Bridge writes:
Contactless payments. They're catching on, aren't they?
But mobile contactless payments haven't proved so popular.
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Mobile payment service Zapp has announced partnerships with a number of UK retailers ahead of an anticipated launch next year.
Asda, Sainsbury’s, House of Fraser and Shop Direct have all said they aim to allow the smartphone-based Zapp payment process from 2015.
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BlackBerry is expanding its BBM Money mobile payment service to smartphones running Android and Apple iOS from early 2015.
It was launched in Indonesia last year, enabling customers to make real-time payments to any BBM contacts who have signed up to the service.
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Mobile money specialist Monitise plc has changed its leadership structure, appointing Elizabeth Buse as co-CEO alongside current Chief Executive Alastair Lukies.
Ms Buse, who’d previously served on the Monitise board, stepped down from her role as Executive Vice President of Solutions for Visa earlier this year.
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A report published today by Juniper Research shows that one in five of all mobile phones will have mobile wallet functionality by 2018.
That compares with less than 10% at the end of last year.
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