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PYMNTS.com covers 'Mobile Payment Wars'

Thursday, January 28, 2010

PYMNTS.com, a joint venture between Berkshire Hathaway’s Business Wire and Market Platform Dynamics that promotes the companies, products and people that drive “what’s next” in global payments, has announced the launch of the Mobile Platform Wars briefing room - a place where participants from across the payments sector can voice their views on how mobile payments will be adopted and in what timeframe.

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