Google is releasing the first version of its Google Wallet app to Sprint Nexus S 4G phones and offering a $10 free bonus to users who sign up before the end of the year.

American Express and Sprint have teamed up to offer a mobile wallet application that was designed to change the way consumers interact and exchange money.

Isis is opening its arms to invite Apple, Sprint and Google into its mobile payment network, but whether this would be a good development for mobile payments or not remains to be seen.

Sprint Nextel Corp. is teaming up with handset manufacturers and payment networks to launch a near field communication platform to compete with its rivals’ Isis joint venture.

On the heels of the Sprint mobile wallet launch, the carrier is increasing the options for its subscribers to pay for online digital goods via their wireless bill.

The Jimmie Johnson Foundation recently tapped mobile giving to raise $10,000 at the Sprint-sponsored annual charity golf tournament dinner on Oct. 5 at The Grand Del Mar Resort in San Diego.

Newly launched Sprint ID lets users of three just-announced Android smartphones customize their handset with applications, widgets, ringtones and wallpapers.

Sprint is letting customers pay their bills and complete transactions via a recent feature added to its mobile site.

Firethorn now supports mobile banking for more than 3,000 U.S. financial institutions in their carrier-preloaded mobile wallet, which has the potential to be extremely valuable for both mobile payments and mobile marketing.

Jagtag claims that its 2D bar codes now work on every camera phone in the United States, delivering optimized multimedia content to both smartphones and standard feature devices.