Tag: tap phone for payment

Google Wallet takes over for Google Checkout

Jorge Gonzalez
Google Wallet

Google has decided that it wants a single payment platform for both merchants and consumers. Consumers checking out from a mobile commerce website are now provided with the opportunity to use the new payment method. The Google Checkout service is now having its name changed to Google Wallet, so that there is only a single brand being used for customers who are shopping with merchants who accept online payments. Google Wallet is the new service provided by the company that is designed to allow mobile payment transactions to be completed…

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Google Wallet is officially launched for NFC mobile payments on the Nexus S

Julie Campbell
Mobile Payments

Google has officially announced the launch of its mobile contactless payment program based on near field communications (NFC) technology, which allows consumers to buy products and services by tapping their smartphones at any of the over 300,000 merchant terminals that are able to accept MasterCard PayPass transactions. So far, the technology is available only through the Sprint Nextel Nexus S smartphone, which runs on version 2.3.4 of the Android operating system, and contains an NFC chip. Moreover, the service is starting by only allowing either Citi MasterCards that have been…

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