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Tagged ‘visa’
One of the more solid bits of assumed knowledge about the next iteration of the iPhone, the iPhone 5, states that it will have NFC tech inside its shiny body. Here’s more evidence, in the form of Visa testing NFC payment tech across Europe. If Visa weren’t sure the iPhone 5 would be getting NFC, why spend a fortune on extensive testing for iOS devices?
We’ve known Google NFC payment plans are in the works – look at the Google Nexus S with NFC built-in – and heard some interesting whispers yesterday. Now more anonymous sources have been spilled details. The loose-lipped folk say Google is planning to support NFC payments in physical stores with a commercial service potentially set for launch this year. The Google Nexus S has the option for networks to open NFC payment services but also an embedded element that Google could use for its Google NFC plans. With apps, Google would also be able to give other providers like Visa and Mastercard access to Nexus S NFC payments. NFC should be big this year and we would not be terribly surprised to see Apple putting NFC into the iPhone 5 particularly as it has buckets of NFC patents in the bank.
If you have a Visa card with US bank Chase (unlikely if you are reading this, but bear with us – this may end up hitting other banks/countries at some point) and use a G1 Android phone there is now a card management application that is straight up your strasse.
O2’s just revealed the results of its first NFC trial, letting phone-wielders pay for things using the wireless power of their mobiles. The next phase, it says, is to shove the technology into SIM cards, so more phones can be used as a mobile wallet.