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Peer-to-peer payments, transfers via Facebook, and support for contactless near-field communications: the Commonwealth Bank has reached for the buzzword book to create a new payment system it hopes will help it ride on the back of huge growth in mobile payments systems. It also targets the huge growth of the iPhone in …

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  1. Anonymous Coward
    Anonymous Coward

    The devil will be in the fees and charges

    Instant money transfer via the CBA? I’d like to see that! (What’s their cut, 10%?)

    They don’t even credit an ATO cheque immediately these days.

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  2. Big-nosed Pengie
    FAIL

    Fail

    "the new all-embracing mobile payments system is only going to be offered for iOS 4.3 and above"

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  3. p3ngwin1

    bank ignores facts

    news:

    "Bank ignores NFC-supporting number 1 platform Android, currently out-selling Apple's iPhone 2:1, in favour of a device that sells less and doesn't even support NFC without expensive addon hardware."

    <facepalm>

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