We actually built payments into the platform in 2011 or 2012.
But people also need to build payment history.
CardFlight provides its clients with card readers, and also gives them an SDK to build payment processing into their own branded apps.
Social Gold gives app developers the ability to build payments directly into their games and other applications.
Google has created its own payments system to supplement Google Wallet that gives developers a way to easily build payments into their apps – fingerprint reader support could be used combined with that system, depending on its specifications.
They could attempt other ways to build payments into the check-in process, like partnering with Square (ran by Dennis's buddy Jack Dorsey) or leveraging their NFC capabilities launched last week.
"How can we leverage the trust we've built, the payment mechanism, and the vans to capture a larger share of wallet?" he asked.
"So we built the payment system initially not as a business but as a way to help humanitarians get money to people in rural areas who were trying to re-establish their lives".
Also, the pension bonus system and the NCMS built through payment transfer are both coming to an end.
We first spotted Operator's vague splash page a year ago, linked to from the portfolio section of Camp's startup studio Expa, which also built restaurant payment app Reserve.
