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What The Hell Happened To Google Wallet’s Cash-Free Future?
Almost a year ago, Google held a press conference to announce Google Wallet, an ambitious, multi-faceted plan for a cash-free future in which mobile phones would replace hard currency.
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Visa Making A Push For Mobile Payments
Visa is accelerating its adoption of both NFC and EMV contact technology in the coming years. US chip suppliers for both technologies will have to “support merchant acceptance of chip transactions no later than April 1, 2013”. [Visa via TechCrunch]
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You’ll Be Able To Pay For Stuff With Your Phone Later This Year
We’ve been waiting forever and a half for NFC technology to take over our lives and rid ourselves of silly wallets and credit cards. Visa is creating a digital wallet service that’ll make all that real later this year.
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NFC Is Coming To Australia Sooner Than Later
With Visa and ANZ announcing their four week trial of NFC mobile phone payments this week, it seems that the time is ripe for contactless payments through phones to take off. And according to Director of Innovation at Visa in Australia, Ben Pfisterer, the time for mobile payments may be even sooner than we expect.