Canadian Telco’s beat the banks out with the first serious country wide example of mobile payments in Canada, and frankly one of few in the world.  This is just one more example of disaggregated financial services, that cip away parts of what was previously banks’ territory. The use of NFC technology is also worth noting here.  NFC (Near Field Communications) permits wireless data transfer over distances up to 10 cm.  This is designed to eliminate accidentally purchasing Dave Birch’s coffee for him. In all seriousness while this has been a long time coming, my sense has always been that the … Continue reading Bell, Rogers, Telus to launch mobile payment service | Canada