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Testing the mobile payment watersTesting the mobile payment waters

Words From: Alan J. Liddle, data and event content director

Alan Liddle, Senior Data & Events Editor

November 4, 2013

3 Min Read
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If you saw recent news reports about McDonald’s testing mobile payment technology in Austin, Texas, and Salt Lake City, but wondered what it is they are testing, you were not alone. None of the articles I saw included specifics. But here’s the skinny: Some of those McDonald’s restaurants are working with the Isis Mobile Wallet, as telegraphed by Nation’s Restaurant News in a report last fall.

McDonald’s Corp., through spokeswoman Ofelia Casillas, declined to name the technology involved, but confirmed in an e-mail: “At this time, we are testing mobile payment in Salt Lake City and Austin. … It’s premature to speculate on the decisions we may make after the tests.”

The Isis website, however, includes McDonald’s units in Austin as among the ...

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About the Author

Alan Liddle

Senior Data & Events Editor

Alan is Senior Data & Events Editor for The Restaurant & Food Group within Informa Connect, including Nation’s Restaurant News, Restaurant Hospitality, Food Management and Supermarket News. He joined NRN in 1984, covering the Pacific Northwest, and later added chief photographer duties, initiated NRN’s regular technology coverage, was on the development team for NRN.com and generated content for NRN’s early podcasting initiative, Podcast Central, beginning in 2006. Alan is senior researcher and data analyst for NRN and Supermarket News market data products, including Top 200 and SN75, and helps develop and present educational programs for conferences and webinars. A graduate of California State University at Fullerton and a former daily and weekly newspaper reporter, he resides in Salinas, Calif.

 

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