clearXchange Lets You Send Money Using Just a Phone Number or Email Address

Yesterday, I wrote about the speculation that Google and Sprint may announce a mobile payment partnership sometime this week.

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In all likelihood, this will involve phones that have NFC (Near Field Communications) built into the hardware. Very few phones today include NFC. So, this mobile payment system would have a limited customer base to begin with.

However, Bank of America, JPMorgan Chase and Wells Fargo announced a new service that lets people transfer funds to one another by just using the phone number or email address of the person they want to transfer funds to.

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