And as you might expect, the company is still keen to tie Sail to its traditional payment systems, opening the door to NFC readers as well as other payment hardware that isn't quite as mobile.

ENGADGET: VeriFone outs Sail mobile payment system, gives Square the evil eye

Facebook Credits and Games Deborah Liu announced that starting today, the Facebook Credits payment system would be opening its doors to more developers than it has before, while adding more payment options and liquidity to the Facebook Credits system.

FORBES: Facebook Credits Opens Up to More Developers, Adds More Ways to Pay

But we are also opening the health service to private and voluntary-sector partnerships, introducing a payment-by-results system, creating competition and allowing hospitals to become self-governing trusts.

ECONOMIST: Tony Blair

With the population in India increasingly migrant in nature, this payment infrastructure will enable a large populace to participate in the financial sector, opening new opportunities for growth.

ECONOMIST: Asia

Although NHN Japan's self-developed apps alone will be released at first, NHN Japan has made it clear that it plans to increase the availability of apps developed by external business partners by opening its API and offering developers access to LINE's functions including friends lists, messaging and payment.

ENGADGET: Line messaging and VoIP app adds 'timeline' and 'home' features, throws in new platform for app integration

This portion of your score takes into account the number of credit inquiries, number of recently opened accounts, the amount of time since the opening of new accounts, and credit inquiries and the re-establishment of a positive credit history after past payment problems.

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