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Re:Apple Pay on pace to account for 10% of global card trans... by anthonypasq on Tuesday February 11, 2020 @05:19PM (#22303567)
The U.S. is notoriously behind on this sort of stuff
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Re:Apple Pay on pace to account for 10% of global card trans... by rsync on Wednesday February 12, 2020 @12:45AM (#22306167)
"The U.S. is notoriously behind on this sort of stuff"

Which is to say, after inventing the credit card, the US has since fallen behind.

Too busy inventing The Internet I suppose ...

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Re:Apple Pay on pace to account for 10% of global card trans... by ric2b on Thursday February 13, 2020 @06:25AM (#22316873)
> Which is to say, after inventing the credit card, the US has since fallen behind.

Yes, it has indeed.

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Re:Apple Pay on pace to account for 10% of global card trans... by jdminhbg on Tuesday February 11, 2020 @05:23PM (#22303605)
The US was way ahead on credit cards to begin with, and was then leapfrogged by countries building payment infrastructure with newer technology. There’s no reason the US couldn’t re-leapfrog with its next generation.
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