Microsoft Launches NFC Payments For Windows 10 Phones (nfcworld.com)

Microsoft has finally added support for NFC payments to its mobile operating system Windows 10 Mobile. The company this week introduced the feature in an update to Microsoft Wallet app. Users will now be able to make mobile payments with their MasterCard or Visa accounts. The feature is now available to eligible Windows 10 Mobile handset users who are part of Windows Insiders program. Other users will get it with Windows 10 Anniversary Update in a few months. From a blog post on NFC World: Supporting banks and credit unions include Bank of America, BECU, Chase, First Tech, Fifth Third Bank, People's United Bank, US Bank and Virginia Credit Union. The launch date for each bank will be "posted when available," according to Microsoft. "Microsoft Wallet is a cloud-based payment technology that will make mobile payments simple and more secure for Windows 10 Mobile devices, starting in the US with our Lumia 950, 950 XL and 650," the company says. "With Microsoft Wallet, you simply tap your phone on a contactless payment terminal and your default credit or debit card is charged.

Comments

Windows Phones... Do they sell them?

[__aaclcg7560]

My friend works at a Sprint store. They have a Windows Phone in the back. No one is asking to see it, no one is demanding to buy it. A failed relic that belongs in the dustbin of history.

...why?

[ilsaloving]

I thought Microsoft is abandoning the mobile platform entirely, because of overwhelmingly poor sales.

Also... considering their hideous track record for security in general (Most recently: https://threatpost.com/office-... which was nothing short of breathtakingly boneheaded...), even if I had a Windows Phone (which I never will), I would never trust it to hold something as important as my credit card details.