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| | Point & Shoot: The Future of Wireless Payment Technologies |
 | | Infrared Financial Messaging (IrFM) is an international standardization initiative of IrDA whose key participants are Palm, Nokia, Agilent, Ericsson, Motorola, Sharp, Infineon, Extended Systems, Hewlett-Packard, Zilog, Visa, Vishay Telefunken, Harex InfoTech, VeriFone, and CrossCheck. |
 | | The IrFM protocol defines payment usage models, profiles, architecture, and protocol layers to enable hardware, software, and systems designers to develop IrFM-compliant products that are globally compatible. |
 | | With the development of Infrared Financial Messaging (IrFM), a new "point and pay" wireless payment standard designed to accommodate 200-plus millions of IrDA-enabled devices already in the marketplace, it’s becoming apparent that IR technology will be playing a major role in the future of financial transactions. |
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