Comments on: Rogers Wireless joins RBC and Visa m-payments pilot http://thebankwatch.com/2008/11/02/rogers-wireless-joins-rbc-and-visa-m-payments-pilot/ Tracking the evolution of financial institutions Wed, 15 Feb 2012 16:44:07 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Colin http://thebankwatch.com/2008/11/02/rogers-wireless-joins-rbc-and-visa-m-payments-pilot/#comment-26291 Tue, 04 Nov 2008 03:20:29 +0000 http://bankwatch.wordpress.com/2008/11/02/rogers-wireless-joins-rbc-and-visa-m-payments-pilot/#comment-26291 @Taylor – too right. Contactless and payments have both been examples of technology chasing a solutions. The one thing this one has going for it is the combination of Canada’s largest bank, and largest wireless carrier. However that still means they must develop a valid customer value proposition. Time will tell.

]]> By: Taylor Davidson http://thebankwatch.com/2008/11/02/rogers-wireless-joins-rbc-and-visa-m-payments-pilot/#comment-26289 Mon, 03 Nov 2008 19:07:18 +0000 http://bankwatch.wordpress.com/2008/11/02/rogers-wireless-joins-rbc-and-visa-m-payments-pilot/#comment-26289 My real question: what will be different about this pilot? M-payments have been testing in various incarnations for over a decade, around the world. What is truly different about this technology, this implementation and the value proposition?

The right question is what do people really want to use to pay: whatever is easiest and best for them. And that will probably be a mixture of cards, phones and the many other devices and payment schemes the industry has tested and will continue to test.

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