Isis, the mobile operator backed joint venture for touch-n-go NFC mobile payments announced it will be ditching the idea of a proprietary network plan and instead will join hands with industry heavys Visa and Mastercard.
Continue reading...Friday, December 10, 2010
VeriFone is planning new payment terminals with contactless readers built in as wireless carriers, card networks and banks proceed with mobile-payments initiatives. We can help you accept contactless payments so customers can just wave an NFC enabled phone at a new contactless reader to complete a transaction. Its hip, quick and easy. All you need is a new terminal.
Continue reading...Tuesday, November 23, 2010
While Visa may agree that NFC smartcard contactless payments may be the future of m-commerce mobile payments, their approach is drastically different. The new AT&T, Verizon, and T-Mobile joint venture appears to be creating a vertically integrated, proprietary solution that aims to compete with Visa and Mastercard while the card brands appear to be pursuing a more open approach with their network of 15,700 financial institutions and tens of millions of merchants around the globe to deliver interoperable payment services to consumers with worldwide economies of scale.
Continue reading...Saturday, November 20, 2010
It may not be long before you carry a virtual wallet inside your smartphone for mobile payments that will eventually eliminate the need to carry cash, credit or debit cards, reward cards, coupons, tickets, and transit passes.
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