Google Is Said to Test Mobile-Payment System With VeriFone
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Google Inc. plans to start testing a mobile-payment service at stores in New York and San Francisco within four months, letting shoppers use their phones to ring up purchases, three people familiar with the project said.
The company will pay to install thousands of special cash-register systems from VeriFone Systems Inc. at merchant locations, said one of the people, who requested anonymity because Google’s plans haven’t been made public. ViVOtech Inc., a provider of mobile-payment technology, will also play a role in the tests, which will include Los Angeles, Chicago and Washington, D.C., one of the people said.