Radio Shack poised to begin accepting mobile payments through Google Wallet

Radio Shack Mobile Payments

Radio Shack has announced that it will be one of the first retailers that will be taking advantage of the latest mobile payment technology being offered through Google Wallet. This announcement follows a press conference made by Google in June, when it divulged its new partnerships with credit card companies and banks that would bring near field communications (NFC) payments to phones running on their Android operating system. The start of the service was through the Nexus S phone, but NFC will be a part of all future Android phones,…

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Businesses are moving in on mobile payments market

Mobile Payments

A number of well recognized companies, as well as smaller businesses that are far less well known, are now vying to become the head of the practical mobile payment marketplace. According to research director for commercial banking and payments, Andy Schmidt, from TowerGroup, “The promise of the mobile wallet is you’ll be able to manage your entire financial life from a single device.” One of the major players in the mobile payment game has been Google, right from the start. In May, it unveiled its test pilot for Google Wallet.…

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