Gartner today drastically lowered its forecast for the monetary payments that near field communication technology will provide in coming years, …
Mobile payments growing fast but won’t catch on overnight: Google
Mobile payments with Google Wallet are growing fast, but the road to wide acceptance of NFC in the U.S. will …
Paying with smartphones to outpace credit cards by 2020, experts say
More than two-thirds of technology insiders believe that paying with smartphones will overtake cash and credit card payments by 2020, …
NFC-enabled phone sales top 35mn in 2011
35 million Near Field Communications (NFC)-enabled phones were shipped in 2011, in what has been described as a “breakthrough year” …
Google Wallet goes live
At long last, Google has launched its Google Wallet mobile payment application on Sprint Nexus S 4G smartphones. Google Wallet, …
Visa, MasterCard and AmEx join Google Wallet competitor
Isis, the mobile-payments joint venture that includes three U.S. national mobile operators, said that Visa, MasterCard and American Express have …
Starbucks using smartphone barcode system for payment
Starbucks said this week it has seen plenty of customers interested in using smartphones to pay for their coffee. The …
PayPal and eBay sue Google
PayPal and parent eBay have filed a suit against Google and two former executives alleging that they have misappropriated their …