美電子支付將在四年內取代錢包

The old-fashioned wallet will be obsoletein the US within four years, an electronic payments company has claimed.

某電子支付公司稱，傳統的錢包四年內將會在美國過時。

　Wallet 'obsolete in four years'

　　美國：電子支付將在四年內取代錢包

The old-fashioned wallet will be obsoletein the US within four years, an electronic payments company has claimed.

某電子支付公司稱，傳統的錢包四年內將會在美國過時。

Scott Thompson, the president of PayPal, said: "We believe that by 2015 digital currency will be accepted everywhere in the US – from your local corner storeto Walmart.

貝寶公司總裁斯科特 湯普森說：“我們相信到2015年，數字貨幣將遍及整個美國——從當地的街角商店到沃爾瑪連鎖超市隨處可見。”

"We will no longer need to carry a wallet," said Mr Thompson, whose California-based company profits from customers switching from physical money to payments online and over mobile phone.

湯普森先生說，“我們以後就不用揣着錢包出門了”。在線支付和手機支付正取代有形的貨幣支付方式，而他駐加利福尼亞的公司便從顧客的這一轉變中獲利。

"Consumers are increasingly giving up traditional payment methods," including cash, cheques and even debit cards, Mr Thompson said.

湯普森先生說：“顧客正逐漸放棄傳統的支付方式”，包括現金、支票、甚至借記卡。

Earlier this week Harrods became the latest major retailer to stop accepting cheques as payment.

本週早些時候，英國哈羅斯百貨公司成爲最新的一家拒收支票付款的大型零售商。

Mr Thompson made the comments in a blog post to mark what the company claimed was its 100 millionth subscriber.

湯普森先生在一篇紀念公司用戶突破一億的博客文章中發表了上述評論。

The company has launched a publicity campaign in which five people in San Francisco will attempt to pay for all their purchases with digital currency, despite the fact many shops still do not accept it.

該公司開展了一項宣傳活動，活動中五名來自舊金山的參與者將嘗試只用電子貨幣來付款，儘管很多商店仍未能接受電子支付方式。

PayPal has said it expects to process $3 billion (￡1.9 billion) worth of payments over mobile phones this year.

貝寶公司表示，他們期待今年手機支付交易額能有達到30億美元（19億英鎊）。