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Visa said Thursday that it will develop applications for Android and Nokia phones with mobile payment systems planned for the latter. First up, the company said Chase Visa cardholders could get notifications about transaction activity on Android phones (statement). Visa added that location-based services, maps and merchant offers will also be delivered to Android phones. Visa plans to expand the program to other account holders at other banks and financial institutions. Visa has been expanding into mobile payment statements for the day where phones can become currency. In a statement, Visa noted it wants to “accelerate the migration from paper forms of payment to digital money.” Visa, along with partners such as Google, Intel, Nokia and Singapore Post, was demonstrating new payment …

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