PayPal’s Head of Market Intelligence and Lydian Journal Technology Editor, Patrick Gauthier, was live on the scene at CARTES & IDentification 2010 in Paris, France. The event, focused on digital security and contactless payments, was quite timely this year given the recent launch of the ISIS mobile commerce network by AT&T, T-Mobile and Verizon, as well as Samsung and Google’s Nexsus S with NFC.
For the inside scoop, Patrick caught up with the following contactless payments innovators for their take on whether 2011 will finally be the year that NFC takes off.