[Updated] ISIS Mobile Wallet System Reportedly Set For A September Launch

Sprint has been the only carrier so far to officially support Google’s own Wallet NFC payment system as the other carriers have been banking on another mobile payment system called ISIS. Now after tedious months of uncertain waiting, it’s been reported that ISIS may finally launch this September. This report comes from Bloomberg who interviewed the CEO of VeriFone, a company that makes payment terminals, who said that the initial launch is set to take place in September in the lovely cities of Austin, TX and Salt Lake City, UT. Unsurprisingly, ISIS refused to anything more than a launch coming this summer and neither AT&T or Verizon would open up when pressed.

We’re sincerely hoping that this time the service will actually launch as it’s been delayed more than once now. If it does launch, it should provide a nice alternative to Google Wallet for those on carriers that don’t support Wallet. Let us know if you’re excited for this new NFC payment service.

MasterCard has just announced all the devices that will be eligible for the ISIS service. Devices on the US carriers are:

Verizon: HTC DROID Incredible 4G LTE, Samsung Galaxy S III

AT&T: HTC One X, Samsung Galaxy S III

T-Mobile: HTC Amaze 4G, Samsung Galaxy S III, Samsung Galaxy S II

The full list of all supported devices can be found at the MasterCard link below.

Bloomberg, MasterCard

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ClarkKent113 12 pts

Google Wallet > Anything the greedy carriers can come up with. 

 

I'm so pissed they are banning Google Wallet from our phones. They should allow competitors (you know the company that MAKES the operating system they make a profit on) to compete with them openly. 

Serotheo 12 pts

I don't really care I just want to pay with NFC in stores as long as there's no additional cost to using ISIS versus Google Wallet.