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Newly Sold Verifone Credit Card Swipers Will All Work With Your NFC-Enabled Phone

By Jason Chen Published March 4, 2011, 11:44 am ET

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Verifone, the company that makes credit card swipers, has said they’re going to put NFC into all their new models, so that you can use your phone to pay for things where you now use a credit card. Not impressed? Here’s fourteen reasons why you should be. [Gigaom]

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