Vodafone Italia adds NFC mobile payments with PayPal

Customers of Vodafone Italia can now make NFC mobile payments through PayPal using the mobile network operator’s Vodafone Wallet. The service will allow for in-store payments at any Visa contactless terminal across the country. Vodafone logo“Currently in Italy one in four POS has contactless technology, an increase of 100% compared to 2014 which ranks among the top countries for the dissemination of contactless terminals and cards,” Vodafone Italia says. “Italians who have a smartphone enabled for contactless payments are more than 16 million, an increase of 33% compared to 2014.