Juniper: NFC to reach $74 billion in transactions by 2015 — Tech News and Analysis:
GIGAOM.com reports: "Payments using near field communication or NFC have barely gotten off the ground in the U.S. but it is headed toward a bright future, according to research firm Juniper, which forecast that NFC transactions will triple to $74 billion by 2015."

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