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Addressing 4 Misconceptions About Payments I Typically Hear from Apple Enthusiasts
I’ve posted a lot both here and on Twitter about payments over the past year for two main reasons:
1. The App Store rules around payments have been in question, so now payments are just another Apple-related subject.
2. Lots of people commenting on this stuff have incomplete understandings on how this stuff
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Restaurants, QR Codes, Splitting the Check, and a Peek Into My Day Job
All Of A Sudden, Qr Codes Are Everywhere
For restaurants, the codes can help solve the labor crunch brought on by the pandemic by requiring less waitstaff. They also offer an opportunity to engage more deeply with guests.
“This is the first time that restaurant POS [systems] have really had access to the patron of
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Take 2 Minutes and Set Up Apple Pay on Your iPhone
https://twitter.com/mattbirchler/status/733839243697491969
Every so often I'll tweet something about how amazingly fast I was able to check out at a random store with Apple Pay. We all know that EMV (chip and pin) payments are slow, but secure. We also know that old fashioned credit card payments via magnetic
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CurrentC is Totally Going to Launch Eventually, Seriously
MCX announced that they are pushing back the launch of CurrentC:
As MCX has said many times, the mobile payments space is just beginning to take shape – it is early in a long game. MCX’s owner-members remain committed to our future.
They're not wrong that the mobile payments world is still