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by adrianwaj 5889 days ago
I'd love to see Apple do a watch, or a clip-on to a watch that enabled financial transactions as a substitute for cash.

It'd probably need some type of rfid, and the merchant some type of biometric, otherwise if someone saw the watch, they might be tempted to steal.

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Why wait for Apple to do it?

A friend of mine is doing this, but on a card, not a watch:

They'll be going live within the next couple of months, keep an eye out for something called the real X card.

Trust, reliability, scale, innovation, reach, longevity, security, efficiency: that's what will separate the men from the boys!
something like a credit or eftpos card perhaps? :)
Something faster, and with zero (or very close to zero) transaction fees. Also, something that people aren't afraid to lose (like a credit card), and which is pointless to steal, and where fraud is reduced. Something with a screen to show balances and other info.