Orange and Barclaycard have launched what's being described as the UK's first contactless mobile phone payments service.
It's called Quick Tap and uses an NFC-equipped SIM card from Gemalto, enabling customers to make purchases of £15 and under nationwide at over 50,000 stores that have adopted the MasterCard PayPass contactless payment system.
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James Rosewell writes:
For those that don't regularly watch the BBC News Channel at 5pm here's a rather hasty recording of an interview with our very own Mark Bridge concerning "Quick Tap"; a rather underwhelming new mobile payment product from Orange and Barclaycard.
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There’s an upbeat feel to this week’s edition of The Fonecast, thanks to mobile payments, free WiFi, child-safe text messages, PlayStation phones and Facebook Places.
In addition, we talk to Jonas Vig of Bambuser about his company’s mobile video services and its plans. He explains why he’s recently returned to the CEO role - and what the recent acquisition of Qik by Skype will mean.
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Everything Everywhere is launching a contactless mobile payment service later this year. It'll use the Orange brand and will operate in partnership with Barclaycard.
The two companies already offer a contactless NFC credit card.
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O2 is looking for a new mobile money partner after ending its partnership with NatWest, according to a report in Mobile News. NatWest will continue to provide banking services for the Cash Manager and Load & Go cards until a new provider is chosen. O2 Money, the brand behind the two cards, was launched last summer.
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