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Softcard is shutting down on March 31 and will be replaced by Google Wallet

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by on March 5, 2015 at 9:55 am
Posted In: Around the Web, Google, Google Wallet, Insider, Product Updates, Softcard

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Google announced at the end of last month that it had acquired the technology behind mobile payments app, Softcard. Now that company, which is owned by Verizon Wireless, AT&T, and T-Mobile, is shutting down. Softcard has announced on its website that its app will stop working on March 31 and will be replaced by Google Wallet. It’s not a surprise as Google also signed a deal with the carriers to preinstall its app on their Android devices. The statement from Softcard says: We are pleased to let you know that Google has acquired technology from Softcard to power the next generation of…

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