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Apple snubs emerging mobile payment standard Reuters SAN FRANCISCO/NEW YORK (Reuters) - EBay Inc Chief Executive John Donahoe often quotes a merchant saying NFC stands for "Not For Commerce" - and dismisses the prospects of Near Field Communication technology used to turn cellphones into ... See all stories on this topic »

No NFC for iPhone 5 Could Be a Gift at the Checkout Counter Wired (blog) A lot of infrastructural change has to occur that Apple can't control before NFC "just works." But no NFC doesn't mean Apple has abandoned paying with your phone. In fact, the iPhone 5 could do more to make mobile payments commonplace than any other ... See all stories on this topic » Wired (blog)

CBA includes Android in search for NFC support for iPhone 5 ZDNet While the bank supported Apple devices via an iCarte case, it did not do the same for Android devices, and despite bringing its mobile payment app Kaching to Android, it was unable to take advantage of native NFC support built in to selected handsets ... See all stories on this topic »

iPhone 5 Junks NFC Technology, Poised to Become Largest-Selling Smart ... FxPips.com (blog) (Nasdaq: APPL) scrapped the use of NFC (near field communication) system for its new gadget – the iPhone 5 – a move that experts said the firm might later on regret. However, many mobile payment analysts pointed out that Apple might actually have come ... See all stories on this topic » FxPips.com (blog)

Apple: NFC not needed for iPhone 5 TechRadar UK NFC has seen its way onto many phones like the Google Nexus S and can be used to pay for groceries or share data in person. Schiller said that Apple's ... to any of today's problems. Passbook, he said, fulfills most of customers' current needs, saying ... See all stories on this topic »

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