The NFC Forum is looking to advance the standard with a “multi-purpose tap” concept that combines payments with other common interactions. The idea is to make each transaction richer and faster. If ...

At an event in New York today Google unveiled its new Near-Field Communication (NFC) payment service: Google Wallet. Announced alongside the search giant's Groupon competitor, Wallet will allow ...

Google currently has two separate mobile tap-and-pay apps, but that will change later this year. The company has announced that Google Pay will be retired in the US, leaving only Google Wallet to ...

Apple Pay and Google Wallet could do more with NFC if Multi-Purpose Tap adds support for loyalty cards or additional transactions. Apple Pay and Google Wallet could do more with NFC if Multi-Purpose ...