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NOW IS THE TIME TO GEAR UP FOR MOBILE PAYMENTS, RESEARCHERS SAY Payments

Jun 13 2001 (Card News/Phillips Publishing via COMTEX) -- Consumer
may not be clamoring today for the opportunity to pay bills through a
cell phone or personal digital assistant (PDA), moreover that demand will
rise quickly and banks must act now to hang in succession to vital customer relationships
in the near coming time researchers said last week.

Boston-based TowerGroup believes that the ability to make payments
for serviceables or services via a mobile device in a short time will begin to show
significant adoption globally as the