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MasterCard announced earlier this week that it would partner with with ISIS to help foster the growth of NFC-based mobile payment solutions in the U.S. ISIS, formed in November last year by Verizon Wireless, AT&T and T-Mobile, intends to deliver a complete mobile wallet solution that ambitiously aims to replace cash, credit cards, debit cards, coupons and more with one comprehensive mobile solution.*So we know about ISIS and now we know MasterCard is on board, but MasterCard is hardly a*newcomer*in the contactless payments space. BGR recently had a chat with MasterCard’s Senior Vice President of Mobile, James Anderson, to discuss the past, present and future of mobile payments here in the U.S. Of course NFC-based contactless payment solutions are at the forefront of discussions surrounding the mobile payment space right now, and who better to discuss NFC with than the man recently named Vice Chairman of the NFC Forum?*Our full Q&A with Anderson can be found below.
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You’ve recently been named Vice Chairman of the NFC Forum and you’re becoming a recognized figure in the space. Do you think mobile contactless payments are ready to take off in the U.S.?
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