Google showed its NFC card with the Google Nexus S and now the Wall Street Journal is reporting that its set to take the next step with an NFC hookup with MasterCard and Citigroup.
According to the Journal, the demo pairs the Google Nexus S with “many coming models of Android phones” and ties them up with Citigroup-sponsored credit and debit cards using MasterCard payment technology.
Google also recently submitted a patent application with NFC implications that describes Google as a third-party broker receiving shopping cart info from devices. iPhone 5 NFC rumours have been running rampant recently but if Apple does opt to skip NFC this time, it seems Google could beat it to the punch. Let us know in the comments: are you eager to see NFC in your phone?
Out TBC | £TBC | Google (via Wall Street Journal/Engadget)
