>The store's "tap-to-pay" system charged not only one, but three credit cards tucked in a wallet inside her purse. > >"I haven't taken them out of my purse yet.

>The store's "tap-to-pay" system charged not only one, but three credit cards tucked in a wallet inside her purse. > >"I haven't taken them out of my purse yet. What are you talking about?" said Cesari. "I'd say I was two feet away at that point, for sure." Not in a million years. Long-distance NFC requires a large, tuned antenna — and with collisions due to multiple cards being in the field, forget about it.