電子支付將在四年內(nèi)取代錢(qián)包（雙語(yǔ)）

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　　The old-fashioned wallet will be obsolete in the US within four years, an electronic payments company has claimed.

　　某電子支付公司稱，傳統(tǒng)的錢(qián)包四年內(nèi)將會(huì)在美國(guó)過(guò)時(shí)。

　　Scott Thompson, the president of PayPal, said: "We believe that by 2015 digital currency will be accepted everywhere in the US – from your local corner store to Walmart.

　　貝寶公司總裁斯科特?湯普森說(shuō)：“我們相信到2015年，數(shù)字貨幣將遍及整個(gè)美國(guó)——從當(dāng)?shù)氐慕纸巧痰甑轿譅柆斶B鎖超市隨處可見(jiàn)。”

　　"We will no longer need to carry a wallet," said Mr Thompson, whose California-based company profits from customers switching from physical money to payments online and over mobile phone.

　　湯普森先生說(shuō)，“我們以后就不用揣著錢(qián)包出門(mén)了”。在線支付和手機(jī)支付正取代有形的貨幣支付方式，而他駐加利福尼亞的公司便從顧客的這一轉(zhuǎn)變中獲利。

　　"Consumers are increasingly giving up traditional payment methods," including cash, cheques and even debit cards, Mr Thompson said.

　　湯普森先生說(shuō)：“顧客正逐漸放棄傳統(tǒng)的支付方式”，包括現(xiàn)金、支票、甚至借記卡。

　　Earlier this week Harrods became the latest major retailer to stop accepting cheques as payment.

　　本周早些時(shí)候，英國(guó)哈羅斯百貨公司成為最新的一家拒收支票付款的大型零售商。

　　Mr Thompson made the comments in a blog post to mark what the company claimed was its 100 millionth subscriber.

　　湯普森先生在一篇紀(jì)念公司用戶突破一億的博客文章中發(fā)表了上述評(píng)論。

　　The company has launched a publicity campaign in which five people in San Francisco will attempt to pay for all their purchases with digital currency, despite the fact many shops still do not accept it.

　　該公司開(kāi)展了一項(xiàng)宣傳活動(dòng)，活動(dòng)中五名來(lái)自舊金山的參與者將嘗試只用電子貨幣來(lái)付款，盡管很多商店仍未能接受電子支付方式。

　　PayPal has said it expects to process $3 billion (￡1.9 billion) worth of payments over mobile phones this year.

　　貝寶公司表示，他們期待今年手機(jī)支付交易額能有達(dá)到30億美元（19億英鎊）。

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