http://www.internetretailing.net/2010/05/visa-launches-nfc-payment-dongle-for-iphone/ News, insight and analysis for Europe's ecommerce and multichannel retail professionals Wed, 08 Feb 2012 15:07:50 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.internetretailing.net/2010/05/visa-launches-nfc-payment-dongle-for-iphone/comment-page-1/#comment-9799 Barbazoo Sun, 23 May 2010 13:01:38 +0000 http://www.internetretailing.net/?p=4590#comment-9799 Let's be clear: VISA did not launch the payment dongle, VISA only collaborated with DeviceFidelity to allow and certify a product using their payWave platform, available since 2007. Apple's role is even less: Apple has a development program, called made for iPhone, allowing add-on product development using the dock connector. Apple has no specific affinity with this payment device, other than certifying the hardware and the application, as it happens in the AppStore thousand times a day. Of course we all cheering up so see the NFC cause is finally making progress after many years of struggle and not be able to present a viable profitable business case. Let’s be clear: VISA did not launch the payment dongle, VISA only collaborated with DeviceFidelity to allow and certify a product using their payWave platform, available since 2007. Apple’s role is even less: Apple has a development program, called made for iPhone, allowing add-on product development using the dock connector. Apple has no specific affinity with this payment device, other than certifying the hardware and the application, as it happens in the AppStore thousand times a day. Of course we all cheering up so see the NFC cause is finally making progress after many years of struggle and not be able to present a viable profitable business case.

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