WSJ: Google Teams With MasterCard And Citigroup NFC Payments, Even File A Patent Application

Since S Nexus, and his ingenious little NFC chip hit the market, there has been speculation that El Goog planned pilot of mobile payment arena, currently running like charge. Now it seems that the plan may be under way, as the Wall Street Journal reported that Google secretly working with MasterCard and Citigroup to try such a system. According to the early release of a couple of demo "one of the current models and many models come from current credit Citigroup-backed Android phones' and debit cards, and use phones with NFC chips VeriFone readers, we have recently heard.

Moreover, a recently published patent application by the crew in Mountain View may refer to the software behind these things. The application describes a service that Google is launching a runner gets third pillar of customers ordering information through a device (including the variety of phones), sending them to select other options, and shows the order of total cost. Then, collect payment, coordinate information to dispatch, and forwarded to the supplier to complete the transaction. Therefore, companies must manage Google all have their payment in exchange for an overview of what people buy - something that Wall Street Journal sources say it could be an element of control of the installation of Google s Today - unlike other third third-party services like PayPal, you only get payment and exchange information with merchants. Alma Whitten seems (Google's chief privacy officer) has its work cut out to dispel the concerns of the system inevitably will create a population of more privacy-minded.