Wednesday, March 4, 2015

Google Teams up with US Wireless Carriers to Rival Apple for Mobile Payments


(Digital Marketing Agency, thesnsgroup.com)- World’s renowned Google Inc. has announced of late its partnership with a host of giant U.S. wireless carriers including AT&T Mobility, T-Mobile USA and Verizon Wireless to pre-install its electronic payment service, called Google Wallet, on phones, as the companies looks to counter Apple’s latest entry into the nascent market for mobile payments.
The no.1 search engine firm has also acquired technology from Softcard, a mobile payment initiative created by many of the wireless carriers years previously.
“The Google Wallet app stores a consumer's credit or debit card information and allows shoppers to pay for goods by tapping their phone against a special terminal at a retail store's checkout counter.” cited Reuter.


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