Windows Phone’s Wallet App to Support Credit & Loyalty Cards, Deals, NFC Payments

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at the Windows Phone event, Microsoft announced the wallet feature that will be a part of Windows Phone 8. The wallet will support both credit and debit cards, and loyalty and membership cards.

Also supported will be saved deals, with third-party integration built-in, to allow for other services, such as frequent flier miles and other sorts of information.

NFC will also be baked in, bringing that technology to the Windows Phone line around the world. Orange, the carrier, is Microsoft’s lead carrier partner for this product.

Critically, Microsoft intoned on stage, its product is safe, and unlike products from Apple and Google, is end to end. Apple does loyalty, and Google does payments, but Microsoft does both.

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