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Apr 10, 2018 | 5:47 am

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Originally Posted by deniah

Contactless is not new, but it's commonly only used with debit cards.

Mobile payment is not new, as SEPA is commonly used for person to person transfers.

Smartphone-contactless payment....yes it is ultra rare. In fact , I've never seen it used in the wild

Quote:

Originally Posted by DYKWIA

That's just it, contactless had been available in Europe for years, so Apple Pay and Android Pay don't really offer anything. People using phones to pay are generally regarded as freaks (or geeks).

I bit tangent but also similar in that mobile phone AliPay or WeChat pay dominates parts of Asia so much so if you don't use it and pull out cash or CC you are a foreigner for sure, LOL.

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