Monday, February 27, 2012

Vodafone, Visa Form Mobile Payment Partnership

Visa NFCVodafone Group is launching a mobile payments venture with Visa, using near field communications and Visa prepaid accounts to let customers pay for goods and services with their mobile phones.


Vodafone, the world's largest telecom company by revenue, said the companies will work together to develop Vodafone-branded services to the U.K. company's base of 398 million customers in more than 30 countries


These services will be launched later this year in Germany, the Netherlands, Spain, Turkey and the U.K., with rollouts elsewhere in Vodafone's global portfolio to follow.



NFC-enabled phones currently on the market include Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.'s (005930.SE) Galaxy S II and Nokia Corp.'s (NOK) 700 model. Vodafone, Visa Form Mobile Payment Partnership

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