Mobile wallets have been a hot topic for the last several years. The complexity of the offering combined with the numerous players implicated has meant that technical advancements are not always in line with business considerations.
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Paypal, Verizon, Isis and the promise of NFC
July 14, 2011 
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Yesterday Paypal announced NFC integration for its shop and pay mobile transaction service. Paypal has made a number of moves and acquisitions lately so its not a big surprise. On the other hand Verizon is touting NFC for more than payment systems, which for the time being is probably going to be a hotter and more consumer ready use of the technology.
Read more Paypal sues Google
May 27, 2011 2 Comments
Following Google’s announcement of the Google Wallet, Paypal files suit (PDF) against two Google employees. Osama Bedier, Google’s vice president of payments, and Stephanie Tilenius, Google’s vice president of commerce,are both charged with using confidential information from Paypal in their roles developing Google’s mobile payment product.
Read more Paypal buys Fig Card
April 29, 2011 1 Comment
Quickly following the Visa investment in Square, Paypal announces its purchase of Fig Card. Fig Card is a low cost, point of sale USB credit card reader that makes it easy for merchants to take credit card purchases using existing equipment.
Read more Mobile wallet: why credit cards are not the future
March 3, 2011 0 Comments
Bill Zielke, senior director of Merchant Services at Paypal, dropped by Mashables to talk about why credit cards are not the future of online payment. He made a good case for why credit cards don’t work for online commerce but also made the point that soon mobile devices will also challenge the credit card industry
Read more Google’s NFC mobile wallet
January 4, 2011 2 Comments
I guess this is all stemming from the Google purchase of Zetawire last year. That in addition to the Google Places push and the Nexus S phone would seem to indicate that Google is in fact going to make a big push for NFC payments, now.
Read moreBling Nation: Money on a sticker
October 28, 2010 2 Comments
Bling Nation and PayPal announced a partnership to provide NFC payment solutions that can connect with Facebook and Foursquare via a sticker placed on a phone.
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