O2 launches mobile wallet service in the UK

Mobile operator O2 has launched a mobile wallet service to compete with rival mobile payment systems from the likes of Barclays, Google and PayPal. The new service, called O2 Wallet, allows consumers to transfer money across any network, make online purchases and conduct price comparisons by scanning product barcodes in…

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Google Wallet prepaid cards disabled temporarily

Google acknowledged a major hole in its Google Wallet mobile payment platform this weekend after it temporarily disabled its Google Prepaid Cards. Google announced the change to Google Wallet on the Google Commerce blog. Google Wallet and Payments Vice President Osama Bedier wrote that Google was pulling the prepaid cards,…

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