Google acquired technology and intellectual property from Softcard last month in lieu of which Softcard has announced that its shutting down on 31st of March. The Softcard app will instead be replaced by Google Wallet. Softcard announced in a statement: “We are pleased to let you know that Google has

Catching up with the increasingly popular ApplePay, Google Wallet has partnered with mobile payment processor Softcard. Softcard was launched in 2010 by Verizon, T-Mobile and AT&T. Like Google Wallet and Apple Pay, it relies on near-field communications (NFC) for its mobile payments. As a result of the partnership with the

There are unconfirmed reports about Google procuring mobile commerce company Softcard previously known as ISIS. Catching up with Apple Pay, Google is looking to invest in a similar mobile pay service for Android users. Softcard, similar to PayPal, Google, and Dwolla etc., has been trying hard to hold its ground