PayPal’s fascination with restaurant smartphone payments travels to the U.K.

Gigaom

Last year, PayPal(s ebay) retooled its iOS and Android apps to introduce a lot of new digital wallet features in the U.S., most noticeably the ability to pay from your smartphone at restaurants either ahead of time or when you get your bill. Now PayPal is bringing those services to international markets, starting with the U.K.

Among PayPal’s first U.K. customers are Wagamama, which started taking pre-orders through the app; Prezzo, which will bill your smartphone and even split bills digitally between customers; and Gourmet Burger Kitchen, which will let you pick up your order by merely flashing their PayPal profile picture.

PayPal's app being used to pay a bill at Prezzo (source: PayPal) PayPal’s app being used to pay a bill at Prezzo (source: PayPal)

Though PayPal is most known for its online peer-to-peer payments service, it’s been expanding into the many different facets of mobile payments: in-app commerce, point-of-sale credit card transactions, location-targeted deals and, most recently, the…

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