Nearly three years after it was announced, the joint venture in mobile payments between AT&T, T-Mobile, and Verizon will finally go national by the year's end. The consortium known as Isis said today that it would expand nationally following successful trial runs in Austin, TX, and Salt Lake City, UT. It did not give an exact time frame for the expansion, except to say it would be gradual.
Isis has been delayed as the carriers work to build a digital wallet that consumers will actually use. At stake is the future of the enormous payments market, which has become increasingly fragmented as various players scramble to make their solution the default choice of most consumers. To date, there has been no clear winner in the race to build a...
via The Verge - All Posts http://www.theverge.com/2013/7/30/4572906/us-carriers-mobile-payment-service-isis-finally-going-nationwide-this-year
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