Visa: Year of Olympics will be watershed for contactless payments

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The 2012 Olympics is expected to be a technology showcase for both contactless and NFC payments

This year will be a watershed for contactless payments, with the London 2012 Olympics acting as a showcase for the technology, according to a senior technologist at Visa. Speaking at BT's Olympi...

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