Exactly! Same story as with Apple Pay: if you, as a card issuer, want your customers to use Apply Pay, you need to pay Apple. Running "software POS" on Android

Exactly! Same story as with Apple Pay: if you, as a card issuer, want your customers to use Apply Pay, you need to pay Apple. Running "software POS" on Android does not require any special "partnerships" with Google, as access to NFC is open.