Payment Network Takes on Google Wallet
Wednesday, August 15, 2012
More than a dozen big merchants announced Wednesday their plans to jointly develop a mobile-payments network that will battle similar services from Google Inc. and other companies. The Wall Street Journal reports that Wal-Mart Stores Inc. and Target Corp. are among the companies hoping to elbow their way into the burgeoning market that turns smartphones into devices for making purchases.
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