Mobile Payments For Typical Cell Phone Users
By embedding near-field communications (NFC) payment technology into SD cards, Visa and DeviceFidelity are developing a method for bringing mobile payment capability to the average cellphone user. Because the technology functions on a microSD card instead of being built-in to phones themselves, the method bypasses the restrictions that come along with the involvement of mobile carriers and manufacturers.
[via Engadget]
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| TOPICS: | Electronics & Gadgets, Web & Technology |
| TAGS: | DeviceFidelity, Mobile Payments, NFC, SD cards, visa |
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