Google is launching Android Pay, its tap-and-go contactless payment service, in the UK. Nearly 60% of the country's smartphone users own an Android handset. Devices running Android 4.4 or higher and fitted with an NFC (near field communication) chip will be able to use the service. The firm said it had chosen the UK as the next place to offer mobile payments because of British familiarity with con
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