Payment by mobile phone?

SINGAPORE - In a trial set to test the waters of Singapore's market for payment via mobile phone, some 1,000 consumers here will get to use their phones to make everyday payments from this month.

Participants can make mobile payments at merchants with MasterCard Paypass or EZ-Link readers like Giant hypermarkets, 7-Eleven stores and Transcab taxis.

Potential participants will receive an electronic mailer from StarHub or DBS Bank and the first 1,000 participants who sign- up will be picked for the eight-month trial.

They must be customers of StarHub, DBS Bank and MasterCard, which are organising the trial with EZ-Link and Dutch smart card maker Gemalto.

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