When I was in the US (Nevada and Cali) I was so surprised how many places don’t accept contactless payment. Here in Hungary, even the smallest convenience stores accept it.
I replied, "I paid for a bottle of water in a vending machine with this 10 minutes ago."
The future. It's not in America.
The financier's freedom from regulation makes it easier for them to limit the freedom of the financed. The borrower's freedom from deception makes it harder for the banker to achieve record profits.
In this case, the merchants got their freedom, and it seemed like a win for consumers too... until it was time to upgrade.
When the rest of the world had the whole system in place waiting or crying for Apple Pay. In the early days they couldn't be bothered.
Apple Pay was introduced 5 years ago, yet in 2019 they somehow managed to sign up ( or make it work ) with more regions and banks than all of the 2017 and 2018 combined.
They were so fixated on certain market like Germany and Australia as if they were blocking procedures.
I hope most of the world dont have to wait 5 years for Apple Card.