NFC Mobile Payments Too Slow For London And Olympics

London Oyster Card

London Underground minimum performance not meet by Mobile Wallet. We have been waiting for NFC payments to take hold this year with smart phones. Last year, estimates had them taking off by the middle of the year here in the US as more smart phones had the NFC capabilities included. The Galaxy S3 from Verizon [...]

Will Mobile Payments Have Slow Adoption In The US?

Google Wallet

Based on a recent survey, people are concerned about privacy.   Mobile payments have been in the news this week as reports of various organizations are talking about rolling out mobile payments through the use of your smart phone. More phones are beginning to arrive with NFC (Near Field Communication) chips contained in them. Rumors [...]

Are You Planning For Mobile Payments?

Google Wallet

Mobile Payments are coming and should be part of your business plans. Early last year, the expectation was that we would have a number of new phones coming out in the 4th quarter which had Near Field Communication (NFC) chips contained in them. Google was pushing their Google Wallet along with a number of competing [...]