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A customer stands at the counter at a McDonald's Corp. restaurant in Shanghai, China, on Friday, Feb. 1, 2013. China's services industries grew at the fastest pace since August as gains in retailing and construction aid government efforts to drive a recovery in the world's second-biggest economy. Photographer: Tomohiro Ohsumi/Bloomberg
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McDonald’s has more than 34,000 locations in nearly 120 countries, making it an ideal testing ground for payments innovation. As such, many payments providers try to get on its menu. (Image: Bloomberg News)
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PayPal Inc.'s mobile application is displayed on Apple Inc. iPhones and iPods at an event hosted by PayPal in New York, U.S., on Tuesday, Nov. 9, 2010. PayPal offers a network to send and receive online payments. Photographer: Michael Nagle/Bloomberg
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PayPal

PayPal recently enabled a mobile ordering system at McDonald’s locations in France. (Image: Bloomberg News)
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Wolfe, Daniel

Isis

A recent McDonald's ad that ran in the Isis wallet's test markets demonstrated how to make a mobile payment at the McDonald's counter.
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Seamless in Sweden

McDonald’s uses Swedish mobile payment company Seamless' SEQR app at more than 200 locations in Sweden. (Image: Bloomberg News)
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Seamless in Belgium

Seamless in November introduced its mobile wallet in Belgium in collaboration with bpost bank, with an initial deployment at more than 60 Belgian McDonald’s locations. (Image: Bloomberg News)
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Kuwait International Bank

McDonald's and Kuwait International Bank in June partnered to introduce mobile payments in Kuwait, with Seamless again being the technology provider. (Image: ShutterStock)
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An employee displays the interface for the Visa payWave contactless payment system using a Samsung Galaxy SIII smartphone at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, Spain, on Tuesday, Feb. 26, 2013. The Mobile World Congress, where 1,500 exhibitors converge to discuss the future of wireless communication, is a global showcase for the mobile technology industry and runs from Feb. 25 through Feb. 28. Photographer: Simon Dawson/Bloomberg
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Visa Europe

McDonald's Ireland in late 2012 teamed with Visa Europe to roll out contactless payments in its 83 restaurants across the country. (Image: Bloomberg News)
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Interac Flash, Moneris, RBC

McDonald's in Toronto is working with Interac Flash, Moneris and RBC to test Near Field Communication-based mobile debit payments, one of the first such deployments of NFC debit in Canada. (Image: ShutterStock)
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Pedestrians walk past McDonald's Holdings Co. Japan Ltd. restaurant in Tokyo, Japan, on Thursday, Aug. 2, 2007. McDonald's Holdings Co. Japan Ltd., half-owned by the world's biggest restaurant company, announced profit rose as it introduced new menu items to its 3,800 stores. Photographer: Kimimasa Mayama/Bloomberg News
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NTT DoCoMo

McDonald’s foray into mobile payments goes as far back as 2008, when it deployed a system at McDonald’s locations in Japan with NTT DoCoMo. (Image: Bloomberg News)

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