Say goodbye to plastic! Coming era of mobile wallets

Almost half a century the civilized world can not imagine life without plastic cards. However, freeing us from having to bother with cash, plastic of kartki inevitably become a problem themselves. Today the average American carries in his wallet, six Bank cards (and that's not counting the different codes, etc.)! You need to remember, when which card to use to pay for production and maintenance, take care not to "light up" a room in a sketchy place. In short, there is a paradox: being a top financial-technical ideas, plastic at the same time became a technological retard.
But it all goes to the fact that in a few years we will get rid of the need to carry a significant portion of plastic trash. Only with the beginning of the week at the ongoing Barcelona Mobile World Congress was announced a global initiative with the common purpose: to eliminate plastic from the payment chain.





The most interesting project presented is MasterPass from MasterCard.. Without going into detail, MasterPass can be thought of as a way to turn into a payment tool any digital device, from smartphone to computer and tablet. Imagine: You come in, say, a favorite clothing shop, picked something from the shelves and... bypassing, go with the thing right out. No need to stand in line to rummage through the purse, choosing which of the cards to pay at this time, to torment her husband, forcing him to look for a card entitling to a discount, to remember the pin code.





Instead, choosing something to your liking, You get a smartphone, make it two simple operations, and the output from the store show the guard the receipt, which will automatically appear on the display. All. The purchase is made! And autumn to take advantage of this service will be able millions of customers from European, North American, Australian banks, airlines, retail chains.

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