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Target, Walmart working on their own mobile payments service

By: , IntoMobile
Tuesday, March 6th, 2012 at 12:28 AM
Target, Walmart working on their own mobile payments service

Walmart, Target and some two dozen other retailers don’t like the fact that Google and/or major carriers (through Isis Mobile) will get to “control” mobile payments. According to The Wall Street Journal’s report, retailers want to get an upper hand in this fast-moving space.

Unfortunately we don’t have all the details at the moment, but we do have Target’s statement: “We are exploring potential solutions that would help us to deliver the fastest, most secure mobile-payment experience possible for our customers.” Kinda vague I know, though still telling us they’re onto something.

Google Wallet has already cornered some 22 retail chains, enabling consumers to make purchases by tapping their Android smartphone at more than 300,000 MasterCard PayPass-enabled merchant terminals.

After making a deal with major financial services providers like Visa, MasterCard, Discover and American Express in July – Isis Mobile unveiled plans to test the service in Salt Lake City and Austin, Texas, later this year.

Mobile payments are steadily heading toward the mainstream users and it seems this year the technology could reach the tipping point. We’ll see how that goes…

[Via: FierceMobileContent]

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Dusan has been using smartphones since their introduction and is now following the latest trends in the industry. The "convergence" is what he's most excited about, and writing about it is the next logical thing to do. He thinks that using a smartphone is what everyone who cares about their time should do. In addition to his interests in mobile phones, Dusan also loves to experiment with the latest web and mobile 2.0 services. The idea of accessing and managing your information from any device no matter where you are simply amazes him. Whether it's an online to-do list, note taking service or a video sharing social network, he's there to try it out. He admits though, he's still searching for the ultimate web-based organizational tool, which "sings" perfectly with the mobile PIM application. Dusan used to run SymbianWatch.com which later became part of IntoMobile. He lives in Serbia, South-East Europe, from where he edits the site on a daily basis.

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    I would much rather have something carrier independent, like Google Wallet.

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