Payments Consultant

The reporter who broke the AT&T/Verizon/T-Mobile NFC Mobile Payments story this week just came out with a follow-up story that names the initiative and suggests the cities where it will pilot next year.  Apparently it’s caled Mercury, and the cities being contemplated are in Texas, Utah and Minnesota.  I’ll keep tracking the news on this story and post more here [...]

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Fear and Greed are often discussed among investors and others as the great emotional motivators among capitalists.  Looking through this filter let’s take a look at the big recent news in mobile payments:  a big deal between three of the largest US mobile carriers, a bank and a card network. AT&T, Verizon and T-Mobile made [...]