Target, Wal-Mart, 7-Eleven Among A Group Of U.S. Stores Entering Mobile Payments Game In Big Way

By: on 8.15.12
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The Wall Street Journal has revealed that a large group of big-name U.S. stores is planning its own entry into the burgeoning mobile payments market. The companies include Target, Wal-Mart, 7-Eleven and Sunoco and the group will be called the Merchant Customer Exchange. It’s at an “early stage”, the WSJ thinks, and as yet has no CEO or definitive launch date, but it’s nevertheless a very serious move to try to reap profits from what is widely expected to become the next way to pay for things in stores–by smartphone. Read the full story at Fast Company.

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Shelly Palmer is Fox 5 New York's On-air Tech Expert (WNYW-TV) and the host of Fox Television's monthly show Shelly Palmer Digital Living. He also hosts United Stations Radio Network's, Shelly Palmer Digital Living Daily, a daily syndicated radio report that features insightful commentary and a unique insiders take on the biggest stories in technology, media, and entertainment. He is Managing Director of Advanced Media Ventures Group, LLC an industry-leading advisory and business development firm and a member of the Executive Committee of the National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences (the organization that bestows the coveted Emmy® Awards).

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