Visa broadens its mobile payments service in the UK

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The digital wallet service is now undergoing yet another expansion to make it easier for people to adopt. According to one of the latest announcements from Visa Europe, the mobile payments service from the credit card giant will soon be broadening even farther, in order to improve the online shopping experience for thousands of people throughout the United Kingdom. The goal is to improve the convenience and appeal of the mobile wallet service for people in the U.K. The company has established partnerships with a number of the biggest high…

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Monitise and IBM team to bring new mobile commerce services to Europe

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Mobile commerce services coming to Visa Europe Monitise, a mobile commerce firm, has teamed with IBM to provide new services to member banks of Visa Europe. Together, the two companies will work to promote mobile commerce services that are linked to cloud computing technologies from IBM. Introducing cloud computing to mobile commerce is not a new idea, but very few companies have managed to accomplish this feat successfully. Cloud computing could help bring a new level of security to mobile commerce that may make consumers more comfortable with purchasing products…

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Starbucks embraces mobile payments in the UK

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Starbucks to bring mobile payments to UK stores Starbucks has seen some prosperity from its focus on mobile commerce in the U.S. The company embraced mobile commerce in an attempt to better cater to the growing number of consumers that have begun to rely heavily on smartphones and tablets. The company has been praised for the mobile commerce services it provides and has seen fit to expand these services into new markets, such as that of the United Kingdom. Company teams with Barclaycard and Visa Europe Starbucks has teamed with…

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