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Visa is introducing a cellphone payment system that is more than sticker-thin. The service is currently available only in Malaysia, but it will be expanded to other countries in coming years.
Visa has launched its first commercial mobile payments service for point-of-sale transactions using NFC (Near Field Communications) technology, it announced on Thursday.
The service is available in Malaysia, and allows users to pay for goods by waving their NFC-enabled Nokia 6212 classic handset in front of a contactless reader, according to a statement from Visa. The launch signals the move from pilots to real roll-outs, it said.
In December, Visa also launched the first commercial service in the U.S. that, for example, includes owners of the Android-based T-Mobile G1 getting transaction alerts sent to their phone, it said in a statement.
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