E La Carte Raises $35M to Expand Pay-at-the-Table Technology

Re:E La Carte Raises $35M to Expand Pay-at-the-Table Technology by nostromo on Wednesday September 24, 2014 @03:18PM (#8363533)

To European sensibilities ordering and paying from an iPad would be seen as unbelievably tacky.

I suspect the hurdle here is social not technical, similar to Google Glass.

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Re:E La Carte Raises $35M to Expand Pay-at-the-Table Technology by scoot on Wednesday September 24, 2014 @04:06PM (#8363800)

How would you feel about being presented with the bill, and being able to pay for it from your own device - securely, and with minimal input, and without the credit-card machine dance?

Or being able to call up the bill on your own device, and pay it on the spot?

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Re:E La Carte Raises $35M to Expand Pay-at-the-Table Technology by nostromo on Wednesday September 24, 2014 @04:16PM (#8363865)

Yeah, I think that's preferable.

It could look like a regular bill holders but have NFC embedded. You could still leave cash if you want. Or you can tap your Apple Watch use Apple Pay (or similar technology).

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Re:E La Carte Raises $35M to Expand Pay-at-the-Table Technology by stuaxo on Wednesday September 24, 2014 @06:16PM (#8364486)

It's not much of a dance, he hands the reader across, I type in my pin - receipt prints out, it's pretty quick.

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