Visa is accelerating its adoption of both NFC and EMV contact technology in the coming years. US chip suppliers for both technologies will have to "support merchant acceptance of chip transactions no later than April 1, 2013". [Visa via TechCrunch]
Visa Making A Push For Mobile Payments
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