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Amazon (AMZN) and Ebay’s PayPal (EBAY) are both taking a page out of the Apple (AAPL) play book: Let’s make the virtual a reality. Both titans of the online shopping and payment industries have stepped into the physical world, offering consumers the ability to use their online billing accounts in real stores. While both these companies are voraciously growing their offline market, my prediction is that only PayPal will succeed based on historical example and present leadership strength.
Via seekingalpha.com

Barclays bank has launched Pingit, a mobile app that allows customers to transfer money via their smartphone….
Via alltopstartups.com

A HOLISTIC CUSTOMER EXPERIENCE IS THE FUTURE OF MOBILE PAYMENTS……
Via ideaengineers.sapient.com

Barclays will today launch a new mobile payments service, which it claims
could mark as a significant watershed in the way people bank as the advent
of the credit card….
Via www.telegraph.co.uk

A new app that permits person-to-person cash transfers looks like a big step forwards in the long delayed mobile money revolution….
Via www.bbc.co.uk

Barclays bank, which already intertwines NFC chips and antennas into its banking cards in the U.K., has just taken a page out of Apple’s book and released a new mobile app that should shake up the U.K….
Via www.fastcompany.com

Chirpify, a Portland, Oregon, startup, is unveiling its Twitter commerce platform today, an all-in-one tool that taps PayPal and allows users to monetize their tweets.
Via online.wsj.com