October 31, 2008

MasterCard gets the ball rolling on US cell phone payments

In parts of Japan, all you have to do in order to pay for something is wave your cell phone. MasterCard is now working on getting the ball rolling for a similar system here in the US, but actually getting equipped phones into the hands of the public will be the real challenge.

[via ars technica]

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