[New post] Retailer-backed mobile wallet to rival Apple Pay set for test

sskarthik posted: "By Nandita Bose CHICAGO (Reuters) - A retailer-backed rival to Apple Inc's Apple Pay mobile wallet will be tested with customers in a handful of stores in the next few weeks, ratcheting up competition in an increasingly cluttered market. CurrentC was" Respond to this post by replying above this line New post on SKarthik.info Retailer-backed mobile wallet to rival Apple Pay set for test by sskarthik By Nandita Bose CHICAGO (Reuters) - A retailer-backed rival to Apple Inc's Apple Pay mobile wallet will be tested with customers in a handful of stores in the next few weeks, ratcheting up competition in an increasingly cluttered market. CurrentC was developed by a consortium of retailers under the Merchant Customer Exchange, which includes Wal-Mart Stores Inc, Target Corp and Best Buy Co Inc. The mobile wallet will appear in stores of about half a dozen retailers in Columbus, Ohio, MCX Chief Executive Officer Brian Mooney told Reuters. "We are currently in a beta with several of our merchants and employees, and we will now extend that beta to the public in the next few weeks," Mooney said. Read more... sskarthik | August 12, 2015 at 7:42 pm | Categories: Computers and Internet | URL: http://wp.me/p1eKZE-3eKD Comment    See all comments Unsubscribe to no longer receive posts from SKarthik.info. Change your email settings at Manage Subscriptions. Trouble clicking? Copy and paste this URL into your browser: https://sskarthik.wordpress.com/2015/08/12/retailer-backed-mobile-wallet-to-rival-apple-pay-set-for-test/ Thanks for flying with WordPress.com