Google Wallet draws interest but no decisions from Amex

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American Express has yet to commit itself to any agreements. As of August 1, 2012, Google Wallet had already announced that it has solidified an agreement with American Express, but it may not have been entirely truthful. Nothing is official quite yet between Amex and the mobile payment program. In the Google Wallet blog, on the first of the month, it was suggested that there was a relationship between itself and American Express that was much more solid than the actual truth. It indicated that its app “supports all credit…

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American Express cardholders to use Isis Mobile Wallet

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U.S. Consumer OPEN Serve and Small Business cards are now available in the mobile payment joint venture. American Express has announced that its mobile wallet joint venture with T-Mobile USA, AT&T Mobility, and Verizon Wireless, called Isis, has now entered into an agreement that will allow the U.S. Consumer, OPEN Serve and Small Business Cards to be available. The cardholders of American Express products will be able to use their NFC smartphones this year. It will begin with the first cities of Austin, Texas and Salt Lake City, Utah, which…

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