Fast-forward into our ideal mobile payment future. Standardized contactless terminals stand on every checkout counter, ready to transact securely with any device. However, once mobile wallets cross the adoption hurdle, they can’t be content to rest.

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URL : http://www.startupsmart.com.au/technology/wallets-could-be-obsolete-by-2021-as-mobile-payments-take-over/2014032111925.htmlArticle Summary: Mobile payment technology could swipe out the use of traditional wallets in eight years, a (#Wallets …

The digitization and integration of identification cards such as a drivers license may be the missing link to expanded mobile wallet use.

Vladimir Putin had a telephone conversation with President of Kazakhstan Nursultan Nazarbayev.

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