RIP Microsoft Wallet Windows Phone app

Microsoft has pulled the plug on its payments app for Windows phones.

Microsoft Wallet will be officially retired on 28th February, which is no great surprise given that Windows 10 Mobile will no longer be supported after 10th December 2019.

The move won’t impact Microsoft Pay, the online payments platform that last year picked up support for Masterpass by Mastercard. 

Microsoft Wallet launched in 2016 as a rival to Apple Pay, Google Pay et al. However, it failed to gain traction as it only supported a handful of unsuccessful Windows phones.

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