Bank of America tests technology to pay with phones

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Bank of America tests technology to pay with phones Reuters At stake is a gargantuan market for global mobile payments, which the consulting firm Gartner expects to exceed $171 billion this year. Bank of ... That technology suffered a setback this month when Apple did not embed NFC chips in its iPhone 5. "EARLY ... See all stories on this topic »

TELEFÓNICA SA : Telefónica uses MasterCardPayPass: contactless payment ... 4-traders NFC technology comes into play when making contactless payments with mpass in retail stores. To do this, O2 customers get a sticker with an NFC chip, which they attach to their mobile phone. At the till, the user simply holds his or her telephone up to ... See all stories on this topic »

QR codes and NFC could threaten Samsung smartphones QR Code Press The latest mobile news has shaken some owners of Samsung smartphone devices, as they discover that activities as simple as visiting an mcommerce website, scanning QR codes, or using NFC transactions could be enough to wipe all of the saved data and ... See all stories on this topic » QR Code Press

Ukraine's PrivatBank to distribute contactless stickers. Finextra "In the longer term, this will help us to prepare the market for mobile NFC, with the sticker being a first towards mobile contactless payment," he says. "Moving to contactless is more than just changing the technology, it is also changing the long ... See all stories on this topic » Finextra

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