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.