Chris Leather, head of contracts at the Global Mobile Commerce Forum (GMCF), an industry body representing mobile phone companies, said telco services could turn the current model for online payments on its head .
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The associated costs to each of us is around £300, because you can be sure banks, merchants and credit card companies don't take it on the chin. Every day in the UK £10m of cash flow can be attributed to criminals using a stolen ID - and ID theft...
The consortium puts the cost to retailers of processing a credit card transaction at up to 17 times higher than the charge for handling a cash payment and accuses card companies of pushing cashless payments as a way of boosting their own revenue.
Services currently offered include travel and gadget insurance, roadside assistance and reductions in loan rates. UK banks generally do not directly charge consumers for account management, payments and cash utilisation services.