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Visa announces support for cloud-based payments using Android Host Card Emulation

Visa payWave

Visa yesterday announced that a new feature in Google Android will allow it to host Visa payWave-enabled accounts in a secure, virtual cloud. This service eliminates the need to store secure payment data on SIM cards by instead storing it in the cloud. The feature in question, called Host Card Emulation (HCE), was added in Android 4.4 KitKat. It allows […]