Google may be working to let Android users make purchases using their mobile devices at retail points of sale. The company is rumored to be collaborating with MasterCard, Citigroup and VeriFone on a system based on near-field communications technology. The project would link Citigroup credit and debit cards to a mobile-payment application that would fit the current Android OS and future iterations. Simply waving a device in front of a reader connected to the system would result in a charge for the amount of the transaction.
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Androids May Get the Jump on Mobile Payment Tech
Posted by: Erika Morphy March 28, 2011 11:43 AMGoogle may be working to let Android users make purchases using their mobile devices at retail points of sale. The company is rumored to be collaborating with MasterCard, Citigroup and VeriFone on a system based on near-field communications technology. The project would link Citigroup credit and debit cards to a mobile-payment application that would fit the current Android OS and future iterations. Simply waving a device in front of a reader connected to the system would result in a charge for the amount of the transaction.