Powa: The startup that fell to earth

Re:Powa: The startup that fell to earth by Mvandenbergh on Monday March 21, 2016 @10:17AM (#11328180)

ApplePay actually works on contactless payment terminals. Since it has multi-factor authentication, you could potentially make larger transactions using it than you can with contactless cards. In practice that doesn't usually work yet because most payment terminals don't know that they can accept a larger limit from some payment devices.

If your phone can do everything that your card can do (and a lot more!), why carry the card?

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Re:Powa: The startup that fell to earth by throwaway049 on Monday March 21, 2016 @11:18AM (#11328635)

My card never needs recharging. I don't use phone payment but if I did I would still have the card as backup.

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Re:Powa: The startup that fell to earth by ghaff on Monday March 21, 2016 @12:55PM (#11329471)

I may just be being a luddite but there are 3 or 4 cards I like to have with me along with a little cash. I go back and forth whether it's worth carrying an actual wallet or not. I don't want to be in a situation where, if something happens to my phone (including running out of juice), that I have absolutely nothing else on me.

(I also print out airline boarding passes unless it's not convenient to do so for some reason. I'm not fanatical about it, but if it's just 30 seconds of effort, I figure that I might as well.)

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