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Twitter And American Express Develop 'Pay By Tweet' System

Posted at 6:44PM Tuesday 12 Feb 2013

Twitter and American Express say they are working on a "pay by tweet" system that would let accredited users pay for real or virtual items via the microblogging service.

That could also generate an extra lucrative source of revenue for Twitter, which has recently hiked prices on its "promoted trend" service as it looks towards a potential flotation in 2014.

Guardian




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