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QR code payments are also sweeping Japan, despite contactless smartphone payments having existed since before the iPhone even. For a shop to adopt QR payments,
by kalleboo 6y ago
QR code payments are also sweeping Japan, despite contactless smartphone payments having existed since before the iPhone even.
For a shop to adopt QR payments, all they need a printout of a QR code. No hardware, not leasing some card reader, zero maintenance.
- wonderlg 6y agoI think they’d need some hardware to verify that the transaction happened. A small business owner can use their own phone, but other businesses need a smartphone per point of sale, which might be more expensive than a card reader (that one likely has to have anyway)
- kalleboo 6y agoYou can use a phone (or whatever) to verify the transaction, but in practice I've never seen anyone do that. It probably helps that crime is pretty low in this part of Asia.