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by nerderloo 4666 days ago
It isn't taking off in North Amercia. In Japan, people use phone to pay for public transit.
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dgudkov 4666 days ago
That's not exactly true. In Canada government-backed Interac Flash [1] made many merchants accept NFC-enabled cards (debit and credit). I personally use it quite often (e.g. when buying groceries at Metro stores) and not only is it convenient for customers, but also I'm sure it has strong business case and good ROI for the merchants since it allows serving customers faster with shorter lines and fewer cachiers.

[1] http://www.interac.ca/en/interac-flash/interac-flash-for-con...

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slowmotiony 4665 days ago
I can't exactly speak for the entire Europe, but in Poland almost everybody has a Visa PayPass card, and you can pay with them pretty much everywhere now. It is also not uncommon to see someone pay with his NFC-enabled phone.
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nandemo 4665 days ago
> In Japan, people use phone to pay for public transit

And vending machines, and convenience stores, etc.

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