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MCX Ends CurrentC Beta Test, Postpones All Further Releases
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So that's the criteria we're using, time in the market? Uh, okay.
/walks away thinking we should have used functionality as the main criteria
/sets alarm for next March to bring up subject again with hortod1
{waits patiently}
Not everyone, there are many times when someone know how to sell a stupid idea to ignorant investors with money and this is what happen. Some sort of "Steve Ballmer" with an outdated experience until they realize they can not go any further and close.
I do have one request if we go the per store app route: can you all be a bit more creative with the naming? Even "Walmart Checkout" would be an improvement.
The idea was horrible! I can't believe anyone in their right mind would back them.. Makes you think if those CEOs really deserve their mega salaries
I think Alibaba experiencing security problems with its QR-based mobile payment system when it was tried in China and the fact CurrentC was too awkward to use explains why it appears this whole project is officially headed for the scrapyard--thank goodness!
As such, companies like Verifone can finally start rolling out Point of Sale (POS) terminals that support not only the "chipped" debit and credit cards, but also both Apple Pay and Android Pay through NFC.
As such, companies like Verifone can finally start rolling out Point of Sale (POS) terminals that support not only the "chipped" debit and credit cards, but also both Apple Pay and Android Pay through NFC.
Except they have for quite a while. Blame retailers for keeping that part disabled.
Who would have thunk it? A convoluted system that was using backwards technology from the get go, that offered no real benefit to the consumer, and it didn't fly? Shocking.
What we have here was a collection of rich jerks coming together to discuss a system that only benefited them and not the consumer, and of course they didn't really understand technology or the market. The result was a worthless system that had almost no chance of taking off.
I'm glad it failed.
We are already behind many other countries by a decade or so with our ridiculously slow pick up of chip and PIN technology and contactless pay. And these jokers wanted to mess around with double scanned QR codes? Idiots. They might just as well have had it automatically fax a confirmation sheet when you used it to pay for something.
What we have here was a collection of rich jerks coming together to discuss a system that only benefited them and not the consumer, and of course they didn't really understand technology or the market. The result was a worthless system that had almost no chance of taking off.
I'm glad it failed.
We are already behind many other countries by a decade or so with our ridiculously slow pick up of chip and PIN technology and contactless pay. And these jokers wanted to mess around with double scanned QR codes? Idiots. They might just as well have had it automatically fax a confirmation sheet when you used it to pay for something.
That's beautiful lol. It reminds me of when Presidential candidates started using the term "suspending" when referring to quitting their campaigns.
In order for any mobile payment system to have ANY success at all, it has to be dead simple. Like one step, done. If I have to scan something, it's a fail. If I have to open an app, it's a fail.
I just don't see walmart succumbing to this. It is an obstinate corporation. They will hold on to their power till their last dying breath.
You have a serious and complete misunderstanding of what Apple Pay is. In fact, everything you just said is wrong. Apple Pay can work at any NFC terminal, you're using your own credit card. Apple is acting as a payment processor, that's it. It's called Apple Pay because Apple takes responsibility for fraud and insurance for the banks. That's why it's a step beyond typical NFC payments, and that's why their competitors are copying it.
In fact, the method you just described has no tokenization of the card either, inviting more of what you saw at Target last year. It amazes me that you thought you could even comment on this with any sort of authority.
I'm in Canada and this is exactly how I pay for everything now. I just say "Visa" and if their terminal has a little wireless symbol I scan my watch, if it doesn't then I pull out my actual card. Though I haven't pulled out my card in about 2 weeks now, I hang onto it "just in case". Im hoping in a year or so I'll be able to leave it at home.
Point is, Apple Pay never comes up, and the cashier doesn't care. "Visa" *Tap* done.
Exactly. Before Apple Pay "rolled out" in that first month, I was already using it at vending machines in the US. To an NFC terminal, Apple Pay is just a credit card. It's what is going on behind the scenes that makes it what it is, and why it is so much better.
Hmmm, Samsung Pay and Android Pay also exist. Might want to check your "macfacts".
You can do one better by ordering with the app, even if you're in the store. You bypass the line and never have to scan a QR code. For this, I forgive Starbucks.
As others have said, this is exactly how it works in Canada. I say I'll pay on visa (which is what I said with my card anyway) and then I tap my watch on the terminal. Every credit card terminal with tap (which is 99% of businesses) works with Apple Pay. The inelegance of Apple Pay described in this thread is purely a result of US retailers blocking it.