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Potential Futures for Mobile Payments

  • Gizmodo, Monday, September 8, 2014 12:19 PM
The very first mobile electronic payment system was patented back in 1995 by Gaston Schwabacher, and ever since then the end of the traditional wallet has been near. Today, the way technology stands and seems to be currently progressing, the demise of the wallet has never been so imminent. Could this be heralded as the start of a brand new age of monetary transactions? These amazing products seem to think so. Tired of carrying around debit cards, credit cards, gift cards, and all your other pieces of plastic? Well, with Coin, you only have to carry one. This San Francisco-based startup announced itself with a pretty sharp video that shows how users can choose an appropriate account and swipe their 

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