Metro-North Railroad, LIRR Try Out Mobile Payments

Metro-North, LIRR Introduce Mobile Payments
NEW YORK - JANUARY 05: The new Atlantic Terminal Pavilion of the Long Island Rail Road is seen from outside January 5, 2010 in the Brooklyn borough of New York City. The light-filled atrium is built of limestone, granite and glass and connects New York's storied Long Island Rail Road to ten subway lines, serving 50,000 commuters daily. (Photo by Chris Hondros/Getty Images)
NEW YORK - JANUARY 05: The new Atlantic Terminal Pavilion of the Long Island Rail Road is seen from outside January 5, 2010 in the Brooklyn borough of New York City. The light-filled atrium is built of limestone, granite and glass and connects New York's storied Long Island Rail Road to ten subway lines, serving 50,000 commuters daily. (Photo by Chris Hondros/Getty Images)

Banking isn't the only industry with a keen interest in mobile payments -- the Long Island Rail Road and Metro-North Railroad aren't far behind.

Both rail lines, which are part of the Metropolitan Transportation Authority, are running trials that will allow customers to redeem purchases with the scan of a bar code. The transaction works similar to the way customers make purchases using Starbucks' mobile wallet, with commuters using smartphones to display the codes to ticket handlers.

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