Wireless Joint Venture Isis To Launch NFC Mobile Payments

NFC mobile payments through Isis will be enabled in Salt Lake City and in Austin, Texas. A map listing equipped commercial establishments is posted on an Isis Web site, paywithisis.com. Stores will have a purple "Isis Ready" emblem displayed in the window. More details on the Isis NFC payments service will be released on Monday. Google currently offers mobile payments with its Google Wallet application, using MasterCard's PayPass and Visa's Paywave system, and Square -- created by Twitter co-founder Jack Dorsey -- accepts payments through a phone attachment or by entering card numbers in an app. Square this week ended a trial run in New York City taxis that began in March, utilizing card readers attached to back-seat iPads.