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As we enter the autumn months and leave the heatwaves of summer behind us, new research suggests that one area of payments is going to get hotter and hotter. According to Juniper Research, purchases made in-app and on websites via what it’s calling ‘OS-Pay’ (operating system pay) platforms will hit $8bn annually by 2018, a figure that is 15 times higher than the $540m estimated for this year.

Elsewhere in the newsletter, we’ve updated our mobile payments quiz with the latest data whilst Uber and Visa partner on a new offers and rewards scheme.

Enjoy!

Payments for digital and physical goods made mobile operating system-based payments platforms like Apple Pay and Android Pay are expected to boom in the next few years according to new analysis from Juniper.

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Uber and Visa have partnered on Uber Local Offers, which allows customers to get discounted rides when they pay using a Visa card on file in the Uber app at enrolled merchants.