Google Reinvents The WalletMay 26, 2011Google Wallet, a partnership between Google, MasterCard, Citibank, First Data and Sprint will bring mobile NFC payments to the masses this summer.
Mobile NFC Venture Isis Loses Ambition In The Face Of CompetitionMay 04, 2011The Wall Street Journal reports that Isis, a joint mobile payments venture between AT&T, T-Mobile and Verizon, is scaling back its ambition. But did it spur innovation among traditional players and banks?
What, Exactly, Is A Mobile Payment?April 15, 2011While competing interests and emerging technologies have us waiting to replace our wallets with our phones, let's define terms.
The NFC-Based Mobile Wallet Isn't Science Fiction... YetMarch 30, 2011The technology for NFC-enabled mobile wallets is there. But competing interests and the inability to make progress on mobile phone is turning the idea into myth.
Isis Sees Mobile Payments Succeeding Through PartnershipNovember 23, 2010Formed through the partnership of three of the four largest mobile phone operators in the United States, the recently-announced Isis payment network could be the first successful attempt at getting domestic cell phone customers to ditch plastic and start p
Smartphone Manufacturers Commit to NFC, but Will Banks?November 16, 2010With Google CEO Eric Schmidt's announcement yesterday at Web 2.0 Summit in San Francisco that the next edition of Android — officially version 2.3, or Gingerbread — will have Near Field Communications capabilities baked in, came new evidence of
BofA, Merrill Lynch Earn Gartner CRM AwardJuly 23, 2010Bank of America announced today that Merrill Lynch received a Customer Relationship Management Excellence Award from IT research and advisory company Gartner, Inc. and 1to1 Media. Merrill Lynch was honored for its enterprise-wide alignment of multiple cust