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PayPal Brings Mobile Payments To U.S.

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the lol-i-pay-kk dept.

An anonymous reader writes "PayPal is bringing the eastern use of the cellphone as a payment method to the United States. The company's mobile service aims to use secure text messages as a payment method for direct-marketing initiatives and other 'on-the-spot' mercantile opportunities." From the article: "To the extent that digital money doesn't feel like real money, it may increase spontaneous purchasing ... " This story offers more details on a discussion we had last month.

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  1. Oh good! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    Now I can fall victim to a phishing scam anywhere

  2. Nice... by Ecko7889 · · Score: 5, Funny

    So now after the hookers done, all I got to do is text her?

    We'll call it Pay4Pal.

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  3. Re:Great by cbreaker · · Score: 4, Funny

    You seem cynical. Perhaps you don't have enough money.

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  4. Re:I'm confused by gEvil+(beta) · · Score: 2, Funny

    Oh, I'm sure PayPal will do everything in their power to make sure there are plenty of protections in place for consumers.

    </cynicism>

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  5. Re:PayPal sucks by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    Use Google Payments. They're much better than PayPal ever was. I use them to handle all my Google Auction bids.

  6. Fantastic by xenocide2 · · Score: 2, Funny

    Now I can lose my cell phone and my credit card at the same time!

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