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| During the next decade, our cash will always be at hand... MediaTel Newsline NFC and web-enabled mobile phones continue to transform the future of payment methods, with major implications for the way we will shop and interact with brands in the future. Will we soon move from a cashless to a wallet-less existence? Richard ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Dutch 'Sixpack' NFC payments JV is canned Mobile Entertainment
Operators and banks pledge to keep trying but with a less formal approach.
Sixpack brought together operators KPN and Vodafone Netherlands with banks ING, Rabobank and ABN Amro. It was created in 2009.
But now they have "come to the conclusion that this original plan to build a joint venture (JV) is too complex and requires too much time."
However, the parties have pledged to work together but within "an appropriate governance structure for their cooperation.”
And so they will each will pursue their own agendas, forming independent alliances and adding to the confusion that characterise contactless mobile payments ecosystems in most markets.
One hears whispers that the banks are suspicious of these deals and drag their heels, but it's really unclear whether that was to blame or whether the problem was one of regulation or just ROI.
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