{"id":507,"date":"2011-05-25T14:02:58","date_gmt":"2011-05-25T14:02:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/beta.sellcell.com\/blog\/?p=507"},"modified":"2019-04-12T11:08:11","modified_gmt":"2019-04-12T11:08:11","slug":"mobile-payment-trials-speculated-for-five-us-cities","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.sellcell.com\/blog\/mobile-payment-trials-speculated-for-five-us-cities\/","title":{"rendered":"Mobile Payment Trials Speculated For Five US Cities"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sellcell.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/Dollar-sign.jpg\"><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-508\" title=\"Dollar sign\" src=\"https:\/\/www.sellcell.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/Dollar-sign.jpg\" alt width=\"180\" height=\"120\"><\/noscript><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-508 lazyload\" title=\"Dollar sign\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%22%20viewBox%3D%220%200%20180%20120%22%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" alt width=\"180\" height=\"120\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.sellcell.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/Dollar-sign.jpg\"><\/a>There are unconfirmed reports being made that Google will be holding a press event tomorrow to announce a trial NFC offering in five major US cities.&nbsp; According to reports, the initiative will use an embedded secured chip with a Citigroup-issued MasterCard PayPass application installed in Nexus S handsets.&nbsp; The cell phone service carrier involved will be Sprint.&nbsp; Google will retain control of the secured chip as well as offer additional retail shopping related applications in conjunction with the service.&nbsp; Google is also expected to subsidize point of sale terminals for some larger merchants.<\/p>\n<p>During the trial, users in the selected cities will be able to pay for their goods and services, as 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