I'm not sure that's fair, given the technology was first used as early as 2004 in the United States. https://www.globalpaymentsintegrated.com/en-us/blog/2020/0

I'm not sure that's fair, given the technology was first used as early as 2004 in the United States. https://www.globalpaymentsintegrated.com/en-us/blog/2020/09/15/the-history-of-contactless-payments https://www.globalpaymentsintegrated.com/en-us/blog/2020/09/... I'm unable to measure how "common" it was across two giant land masses with very different populations sizes. My personal story was paying by credit card via tap and requiring no signature, with a card issued in the United States while in Canada, and having people be very surprised at its use.