Shares in mobile banking firm Monitise were on the up on Wednesday after Visa Europe, its "strategic partner", said it expected that by 2020 over half of all its European transactions will be on a mobile device.
According to Monitise's Chief Executive Alastair Lukies, "The surge in mobile payments and transactions anticipated by Visa Europe mirrors the trend Monitise is seeing across its business."
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