Mobile payments tech starts to go mainstream By: CNBC.com News June 18, 2014 at 11:34 AM EDT Although near-field communication, or NFC, has struggled to go mainstream for a decade, the technology is gaining ground in payments. Read More >> Related Stocks: AT&T Inc Apple Atlantic Power Corp Forrester Resrch Google, Inc. Goto Gojek Tokopedia Tbk Pt Jamba Inc MasterCard Morgan Stanley Nokia Corp ADR Sony Corp Target Corp Verizon Communications Visa Walgreen Company