WASHINGTON: US mobile payments firm Isis has officially changed its name to Softcard, completing the process of distancing itself from a militant Islamic group sometime known by the same acronym.
The company, which is backed by US wireless giants AT&T, Verizon and T-Mobile, announced in July it was dropping the name Isis, which may also be a reference to the militant group Islamic State of Iraq and Syria, also known as the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL).
