PayPal lines up 15 retailers for mobile payments, will let you buy Jamba Juice smoothies with a smartphone

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Although [PayPal's][3] mobile payment system started out small [with a Home Depot deal,][4] that snowball is quickly rolling itself into a boulder. Starting next month, 15 extra US retailers will be happy to see you [slap down your smartphone][5] (not literally, we hope) instead of a credit card. The selection leads us to think a lot of smartphone owners like to shop for [wearables][6] -- Aeropostale, Foot Locker and JC Penney are in the batch, along with others -- but there's a few useful exceptions, like [Barnes & Noble][7], Jamba Juice and TigerDirect. At least a total of 20 merchants are expected by the end of year, and as with Home Depot, you won't need special hardware besides an Android or iOS device to spend your hard-earned cash. We'll just be thankful we won't have to buy our yogurt with actual cash, _like savages_.

[PayPal lines up 15 retailers for mobile payments, will let you buy Jamba Juice smoothies with a smartphone][2] originally appeared on [Engadget][8] on Fri, 25 May 2012 06:35:00 EDT. Please see our [terms for use of feeds][9].

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