[jyl]

Here is what interests me - from Apple blurb:

your actual credit or debit card numbers are never shared with merchants or transmitted with payment.

Apple doesn’t store the details of your transactions so they can’t be tied back to you.

you never reveal your name, card number or security code to the cashier when you pay in store.

Looks like they have VISA MC AMEX partnered, most of the major banks, and some larger retailers signed up so far.

I don't know much about Google Wallet but Google's blurb says:

"When you use Google Wallet to conduct a transaction, we may collect information about the transaction, including: Date, time and amount of the transaction, the merchant’s location, a description provided by the seller of the goods or services purchased, any photo you choose to associate with the transaction, the names and email addresses of the seller and buyer (or sender and recipient), the type of payment method used, your description of the reason for the transaction, and the offer associated with the transaction, if any."