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Zero-Plastic Banking may be upon us sooner...

Eric Schmidt and the team at Google yesterday announced that they are going to beat Apple at the NFC game and will launch their new phone the Nexus S, code-named Gingerbread, within just 'weeks'.

Check out some of the links:

http://www.theage.com.au/digital-life/mobiles/google-to-turn-your-mobile-into-a-tap-and-pay-virtual-wallet-20101116-17v9l.html

http://www.engadget.com/2010/11/15/the-nexus-s-a-closer-look/

 

Apple iPhone is set to follow with the iPhone 5 in July. With these two heavy weights weighing in on NFC, mobile payments are sure to dominate the disruptive change cycle in 2011.

There's no room for plastic in the new world... 

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