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Google Planning a Credit Card?

Mobile Payments

The idea behind mobile payments currently holds more appeal than the reality does. Can Google change that? Retailer support for mobile payments is hard to find outside major metropolitan areas, and even then, the gaggle of tap-to-pay options means your favorite NFC-friendly store may not accept your preferred mobile wallet technology. If a new leak proves true, Google may have worked its way around the hurdle, albeit in an NFC-free manner.

 

Verizon, American Express Partner on Mobile Payments

Verizon Wireless will use technology from American Express for mobile phone payments, allowing Verizon customers to use the financial company's Serve software to make online payments.

 

EBay Buys Mobile-Payments Firm Zong

EBay paying $240 million to buy closely held Zong, a provider of mobile payments, as the e-commerce giant seeks to strengthen its PayPal business.

 

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