Google's first take on mobile payment did not pan out well for the company. Google Wallet never appealed to the masses as its privacy issues security holes never really allowed it to take off. The second take, Android Pay, looks more rewarding. With more than one billion active Android users, [...]
When Google Wallet launched it was marketed by Google as the solution that would bring together the mobile phone and the wallet, as users would only tap and pay. The great fanfare around it, and the past three years, however, weren't enough for Google Wallet to reach a critical mass. [...]
The mobile payments landscape is rapidly beginning to change and contactless payment systems are becoming part of everyday life in Australia. Many of the nation’s banks have already successfully implemented various near field communication (NFC) contactless card payment systems, and there have also been trials of NFC contactless mobile [...]