Google to test NFC mobile payment system in New York, San Francisco

By on Mar 15, 2011 at 9:59 AM
Retail March 15, 2011

Leaving your credit card at the bar may soon be a thing of the past β€” that is, if you live in San Francisco or New York City. Bloomberg is reporting that Google is planning to trial its new Near Field Communications (NFC) mobile-payment system in both cities. The trial, which could begin in as little as four months, would allow users to make purchases using their smartphones at participating retailers. Presumably, Google will run the trial with the NFC-equipped Nexus S, and it is working with VeriFone to outfit merchants with special cash registers. It’s unclear who will be able to participate in the trial, or which merchants are on board.

[Via Engadget]

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  • Bringit

    why?

    • Anonymous

      Right, is it soo hard to have a Google NFC credit card/sticky instead?

    • Steve Hillshire

      To annoy people like you

  • Plantemichel

    I don’t think that NFC crap is a good thing. Imagine you loose your smartphone or it get stolen what about someone frauding with all your credits and banks information. Now I know why Apple doesn’t want use yet it’s not safe yet.

    So as for Me NFC = FAIL

    • Anonymous

      Yeah, because the #3 OS dictates the safety trends in smartphone technology… HAHAHA

    • nexus s fanboy

      Apple fanboys are great entertainment value. Please give us more of your uninformed opinions. It gives me something to do. Hahahaha

      • The Dark Lord

        Not really uninformed … I have a Nexus s and love the phone, but mine actually did get stolen. Called T-mobile and Samsung. They do not even have a standard feature to track the device and find it, not even a remote wipe … I agree, once Google figures out how to make this more secure and they can find stolen devices or at least immediately wipe it on command, I won’t even think about doing that.
        I installed Lookout on the Nexus s and for some reason it never came up on the website. I actually hired somebody to sit there and press the button all day and see if there can find the phone. Did not show up once.
        So maybe we are uninformed, but where does the a regular user find information about this kind of security. Do not tell me Google it, I am pretty computer savvy and tried a lot of that stuff. Nothing works. Well after all, Samsung who build the phone doesn’t even know.

        Your turn, please give me detailed instructions and weblinks if you know all of that and for some reason Samsung, T-mobile and the regular world does not know. I am listening …

      • The Dark Lord

        To add to this, and I am not an apple fanboy, but my buddies house just got broke in and he has an iphone and he tracked it within hours and wiped it. Then after two days they caught the guy. Well, show me how to do this with a Nexus s please. I switched from Apple to this, but this does not impress me very much.

      • Anonymous

        you should of downloaded Where’s My Droid and had a pattern/passcode lock. they’re both free

      • The Dark Lord

        Well Nexus s Fanboy … got an answer or are you still searching …

    • Steve Hillshire

      NFC is all the buzz in the financial industry. Finally something to get rid of antiquated credit cards where a simple dinner you give the waiter/waitress your card where its numbers can be written down. Sure phones get lost but if they build it correctly and require some kind of pin authentication before the phone generates the transaction, it will be much safer than credit cards. And I’m sure Apple is chompin at the bit to get this working because they could tie this to your iTunes account and make even more gobs of cash. And cash is what Apple is all about.

    • Jaricanese7

      Orrrrrr imagine if you lose your wallet. It’s the same thing buddy.

  • Anonymous

    Would be great on the NYC subway/bus.

    • jamssx

      There is already a trial on NYC Subways. Look for the PayPass logo. It’s only certain stations, mainly the 6 line. You can add a NFC device to ANY cellphone if you have a Citi credit card. Just go online and request a payment tag. This attaches to the battery door. You can of course use it in DR, CVS McDs etc… as well..

      • Anonymous

        Yeah, I’m on the red line so no good. Also iPhone, no NFC, no battery door, and I pay with pre-tax dollars not a credit card.

        The NY subway is generally (at least) 10-15 years behind modern metros, so I guess it’ll just be a loooooooooooong wait until the MTA is even remotely interested in modern payment methods.

        But we are just now getting subway arrival signs/announcements, so I’m glad the MTA has finally made it into the 1980s/1990s.

  • 1T2dirtnap

    No they’ll just leave there cell phone at the bar. I know way more people that loss their phones then they do their wallets.

  • Anonymous

    boy im so tired of carrying my wallet around. if they can get the registers into bars, nightclubs, supermarkets (walmart, lucky’s, safeway, target, etc), walgreens, and MUNI then i will make it a point to buy a NFC phone when my upgrade comes around in a couple months

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