Mobile network operator Sprint, the only major US operator not involved in the new Isis NFC payments project, says it is now looking at a number of different ways to offer mobile payments — in collaboration with banks and other card issuers rather than in competition with them... More
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Visa responds to launch of Isis
“I remain highly confident in Visa’s long-term growth and innovation strategy, including our plans to continue work with our partners to accelerate the adoption and usage of mobile payments,” writes Bill Gajda, the company’s head of global mobile product, in a post on the official Visa blog. More
AT&T, Verizon, T-Mobile confirm Isis mobile payments joint venture
The new service is to be called Isis, will be introduced in key geographic markets “during the next eighteen months” and aims to ultimately eliminate “the need for consumers to carry cash, credit and debit cards, reward cards, coupons, tickets and transit passes.” More
US telcos hire GE Capital CMO to head mobile payments joint venture
AT&T, Verizon Wireless and T-Mobile USA have hired Michael Abbott, the chief marketing officer for General Electrics’ GE Capital card business, as the chief executive of their NFC-based US mobile payments venture, according to the Wall Street Journal... More
AT&T, Verizon, T-Mobile, Discover and Barclays to officially announce mobile payment joint venture plans
Confirmation that AT&T, Verizon Wireless and T-Mobile USA have formed a joint venture to introduce NFC-based mobile payments services in the US could come as early as tomorrow, according to a Reuters report... More
AT&T, Verizon and T-Mobile to test NFC payments in the US
US mobile network operators AT&T, Verizon Wireless and T-Mobile USA are planning to run NFC payments trials in Atlanta and three other US cities, according to Bloomberg... More