%0 Journal Article %A Shafiq ur Rehman and Jane Coughlan %D 2013 %J International Journal of Computer and Information Engineering %B World Academy of Science, Engineering and Technology %I Open Science Index 78, 2013 %T An Efficient Mobile Payment System Based On NFC Technology %U https://publications.waset.org/pdf/7277 %V 78 %X The work we have accomplished in implementing a Mobile Payment mechanism that enables customers to pay bills for groceries and other purchased items in a store through the means of a mobile phone, specifically a Smartphone. The mode of transaction, as far as communication between the customer-s handset and the merchant-s POS is concerned, we have decided upon NFC (Near Field Communication). This is due to the fact that for the most part, Pakistani Smartphone users have handsets that have Android mobile OS, which supports the aforementioned platform, IOS, on the other hand does not. %P 811 - 815