Top US retailers to develop their own NFC mobile wallet

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Walmart and Target are among a group of two dozen retailers working on the introduction of an NFC mobile wallet which would compete directly with Isis and Google Wallet, the Wall Street Journal reports.33NGEENFC: A Global RFID tag, NFC tag, RFID Solution Provider

33NGEENFC: A Global RFID tag, NFC tag, RFID Solution Provider
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Two dozen US merchants, including retail giants Walmart and Target, are working together to develop their own mobile payments service, according to the Wall Street Journal.33NGEENFC: A Global RFID tag, NFC tag, RFID Solution Provider

The service would compete directly with Google Wallet and Isis, sources told the newspaper:33NGEENFC: A Global RFID tag, NFC tag, RFID Solution Provider

According to people with direct knowledge of the retailers' project, merchants say they are not satisfied with the mobile payment products that have been launched so far, which limit the merchants to providing personalized offers and coupons.33NGEENFC: A Global RFID tag, NFC tag, RFID Solution Provider

Several also cited recent incidents in which malicious applications appeared on Google's Android mobile device software.33NGEENFC: A Global RFID tag, NFC tag, RFID Solution Provider

"What we see out there doesn't make us very happy," one executive involved in the venture explained.33NGEENFC: A Global RFID tag, NFC tag, RFID Solution Provider
 33NGEENFC: A Global RFID tag, NFC tag, RFID Solution Provider