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PayPal Leads The Way In US Mobile Payments, But Retailers Not Happy

Mobile payments are still an up-and-coming new capability for consumers; while mobile banking has clearly led the way, there’s still a lot of interest in mobile payments at least in some fields.

What’s interesting, though, is that there’s starting to be a disconnect between what customers want to use and what retailers want to offer, at least according to a Parks Associates study.

From the article "PayPal Leads The Way In US Mobile Payments, But Retailers Not Happy" by Steven Anderson.

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