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Slideshow PayPal could heat up mobile payments race if McDonald's test pays off Tweet Share this Email Print Related News Big retailers team up on mobile payments plan Wed, Aug 15 2012 Home Depot raises profit view, hopes for housing market Tue, Aug 14 2012 Starbucks embraces mobile payments with start-up Square Thu, Aug 9 2012 Apple buys mobile security firm AuthenTec for $356 million Fri, Jul 27 2012 BofA, Wells Fargo rolling out new mobile banking services Tue, Jul 24 2012 Analysis & Opinion Mobile technology boosts water security for the poor Related Topics Tech » By Alistair Barr SAN FRANCISCO | Fri Aug 17, 2012 5:33pm EDT SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - PayPal is in the early stages of what may be a blockbuster mobile payments deal with McDonald's Corp, the world's biggest hamburger chain. McDonald's is testing a mobile payments service featuring PayPal at 30 of its restaurants in France. Earlier this year, McDonald's ran demonstrations of a broader PayPal mobile payments service at its franchisee conference in Orlando, Florida. A McDonald's spokeswoman confirmed the France tests and said the PayPal demonstration at its conference was part of a booth that features "technology coming within the next 24 months or so." PayPal is racing against start-up Square Inc and other technology companies to become the mobile payments service of choice as consumers increasingly use smart phones to make purchases in shops, restaurants and other retail locations. Square struck what could be its most important partnership to date last week when it teamed up with Starbucks Corp, the world's largest coffee chain. PayPal, owned by eBay Inc, has signed up more than 15 retailers, including Home Depot and Office Depot, to accept PayPal payments in their stores. But landing a partner the size of McDonald's, with over 30,000 restaurants, would be a big win, according to analysts. "McDonald's would certainly be a whale," said Gil Luria, an analyst at Wedbush Securities. "If McDonald's customers can stand in line and order on a mobile app and pay with PayPal that is a huge extension of PayPal's reach." Square's deal with Starbucks "creates a sense of urgency for PayPal," he added. "This is a race." The test in France lets McDonald's customers order food on smart phones through a McDonald's mobile application, or online, and pay with PayPal. There is a separate line in the test locations to pick up the meals, according to a PayPal spokesman. Demonstrations at the McDonald's franchisee conference in Orlando featured a more "in-depth" service that would allow customers to order and pay using PayPal's digital wallet and mobile application, the spokesman said. Rolling out a service like this may help McDonald's cut lines at restaurants, which is a key factor in maintaining and growing same-store sales, Luria said. 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