U.S. Bank is using Mitek's patented Mobile Photo Bill Pay technology that automatically and securely extracts relevant information from the paper bill and populates the fields required to make a mobile payment.

ENGADGET: US Bank intros BillPay feature for iOS and Android, lets you set up bill payments with a pic

In his Mansion House speech tonight, the chancellor is expected to say that his aim is to "protect taxpayers in a way that does not make the UK uncompetitive as a home of global banks" (according to extracts released by the Treasury last night).

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