Source: http://www.engadget.com/2011/08/01/verizon-wireless-to-tie-american-express-serve-into-mobile-numb/
Good news online shopaholics, your tchotchke-buying ways are getting a couple of enablers in the form of American Express and Verizon Wireless. The two titans of industry have teamed up to integrate AMEX's PayPal-like Serve platform into the operator's phones and tablets in the next few months. The service will work by linking your existing mobile number to a Serve account, speeding up the checkout process and ensuring you never second-guess that impulse buy. Sure, this isn't the NFC-chipped, Isis future Big Red promised, but it's a good stopgap for virtual spendthrifts.Verizon Wireless to tie American Express' Serve into mobile numbers, keep your credit card holstered originally appeared on Engadget on Mon, 01 Aug 2011 14:04:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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