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Will This Technology Industry Follow the Facebook Model?

Mobile payments, and the technology involved, are growing and changing in a big way. Who stands to benefit the most from this sweeping trend?

By Matt Koppenheffer and David Hanson – Apr 5, 2014 at 10:00AM EST

In this segment from Friday's Where the Money Is, Motley Fool financial analysts Matt Koppenheffer and David Hanson discuss the upcoming Transact 14 conference in Las Vegas, Nevada, covering all things payment technology. Matt will be in attendance at the conference, and will be keeping an eye on several trends, such as all-online banking, the payment businesses of companies such as eBay (EBAY +2.75%) through PayPal or Google (GOOGL +2.53%)(GOOG +2.92%) with its Gmail accounts and customers' ability to attach money to those accounts, the future of credit cards, and what role digital currencies such as BitCoin may have down the road.

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Matt Koppenheffer
Matt Koppenheffer is the former Head of the Coverage Team at The Motley Fool. He was a full-time Motley Fool employee from 2012-2025 and is a former advisor and analyst for multiple Motley Fool services. Matt's articles and analysis have been published around the world and his views have been cited in worldwide publications from the Financial Times and The New York Times to the Toronto Star and Germany's Focus Money. He has appeared to offer analysis on a variety of outlets including CNBC and NPR. Matt is the co-author of The Astonishing Collapse of MF Global as well as the creator and former co-host of The Motley Fool's Industry Focus podcast.
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Alphabet
NASDAQ: GOOGL
$398.27
(+2.53%)+$9.84
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eBay
NASDAQ: EBAY
$108.15
(+2.75%)+$2.89
Visa Stock Quote
Visa
NYSE: V
$319.00
(-0.94%)-$3.03
Mastercard Stock Quote
Mastercard
NYSE: MA
$491.56
(-1.11%)-$5.52
Alphabet Stock Quote
Alphabet
NASDAQ: GOOG
$395.48
(+2.92%)+$11.21

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