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PayPal also wants to use mobile deals to get a head start in wireless payments, as credit-card companies collaborate to create a standard using what is called near-field communication technology.

SFGate: Don Asmussen: Bad Reporter Danielle Kucera 2011

So far customers and retailers have remained tepid toward the technology, called near-field communication, or NFC, prompting Sprint and others at the Las Vegas show to try a different tack: touting NFC's "side benefits," which include mobile coupons and digital-key replacement.

Pushing Mobile Payments Greg Bensinger 2012

Using a technology known as "near-field communications," or NFC, consumers will be able to buy items simply by passing their phones in front of a sensor at the checkout counter.

Mobile Banking Gets Riskier Miriam Gottfried 2011

Google is reported to be readying tests in several U.S. cities of a mobile-payment system that uses so-called near-field communications NFC, a high-frequency wireless technology that allows nearby objects to share data.

Google may soon be testing mobile-payment setups in the U.S. 2011

The app—which relies on technology called near-field communication, or NFC—acts like an electronic wallet, letting people make payments in stores using their phones as well as redeem digital coupons at retailers and earn loyalty-program points.

War Over the Digital Wallet Amir Efrati 2011

RIM recently said it's planning to put a chip that lets users make purchases by swiping their phones past a terminal—a technology known as near-field communication—in the BlackBerrys it launches this year.

RIM, Carriers Fight Over Digital Wallet Phred Dvorak 2011

Most of the industry is focusing on a technology called near-field communications, which allows you to wave a card or phone in front of a checkout reader to quickly pay for drinks at a drugstore or for a ride in a cab.

CNET News.com 2011

Whether announced or not, iFixit will be checking the next iPhone for the chips needed to support a technology known as 'near-field communications.'

Forbes.com: News Brian Caulfield 2011

While the decade-old technology, called near-field communications NFC, is well-established in Japan and South Korea, its use has been stymied in Europe and North America by the competing interests of banks, merchants, device makers and wireless carriers.

The Globe and Mail - Home RSS feed Alastair Sharp 2011

Sprint is working with payment networks and handset makers on technology called near-field communication, or NFC, which allows people with smartphones to make purchases by tapping them on or waving them in front of electronic readers in stores, said Kevin McGinnis, vice president of product platforms.

BusinessWeek.com -- Top News 2011