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Re:Asian and African super apps are following the playbook W... by cadmuxe on Tuesday May 26, 2020 @01:14PM (#23313739)
The point is the QR based wechat payment is available for all kind of phones and it's available early than apple pay or google pay. Some merchant like a fruit stand can accept a QR payment, and I don't think they can afford a post machine.
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Re:Asian and African super apps are following the playbook W... by wenc on Tuesday May 26, 2020 @01:17PM (#23313783)
Yes, with any kind of contactless payment, you need an NFC reader (which a smartphone kinda is), but it's much easier to print out a QR code.
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Re:Asian and African super apps are following the playbook W... by cadmuxe on Tuesday May 26, 2020 @01:33PM (#23314016)
yup, and we need to think about the timeline. At very early stage of this story, only limited phones support NFC, So wechat/alipay can quickly occupy the market with the QR base solution.
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