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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. Re:What I want... by jrockway · · Score: 5, Insightful

    If you send a text message to GOOGL with the barcode number, it will return comparison shopping information. Unfortunately, in America everything is cheaper online, so there's no real point in going shopping anyway.

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  3. 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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