Google to unveil mobile payments

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Google will launch the system that lets consumers pay at checkout with phones instead of cards.

25 May,2011 08:32 pm

The Internet search and advertising leader Google will launch the system that lets consumers pay at checkout with phones instead of cards.Google has been working with MasterCard Inc, the worlds second-largest credit and debit card processing network to wrap off the system of mobile payment. Google plans to unveil a mobile payments system that will run on the Android operating system. Google Inc will take the wraps off a mobile payment system hoping to beat Visa and others to the punch.It is unclear if the project will be launched nationwide or just in New York initially.