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Old May 1, 2017, 5:44 pm
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Originally Posted by acarney
I wonder if the MobileWallet purchases are lower cost then a card swipe or chip... they certainly are sold as being super secure, even more so compared to chips so maybe there is less of a liability on them and thus lower fees. Or maybe the data they can mine is richer and thus worth more for marketing so they can value those transactions a little more...
Fortunately (or unfortunately) there's no difference in what the store pays between the various methods--for now, anyway.
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