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Orange has convinced half a million people in France to buy NFC handsets, and Visa has been busy showing off Olympic payments, but O2 Money isn't going to wait that long. Orange is committed to a national rollout of NFC payments in France, and had been busy issuing NFC-capable SIMs to customers – even if they don't have an NFC …

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  1. amanfromearth

    Incroyable!

    So here in france where the cheque is king, and debit cards have monthly payment limits, they plan NFC payments.

    WTF?

  2. Mr Young
    WTF?

    I'm really really not the sporty type?

    If I actually managed to make an effort and qualified to enter an Olympic event the last thing I'd need is a stupid new mobile phone to fiddle with! To pay for stuff! A Samsung as well! Is this a joke? Or maybe the phone is just given to a friend for free and that's good advertising? My head is beginning to hurt more even more than usual

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