CVS, Rite Aid Shut Out Apple Pay
This, basically, sucks...
There are multiple ecosystems supporting NFC-- Google Wallet, Softcard (the system formerly known as ISIS) and now Apple Pay. All supporting a common terminal structure that was multi-vendor.
Now MCX is creating a system that requires customers to load yet another proprietary app on their phones, as opposed to using a standards based system and a common terminal structure.
If there was a technical reason for abandoning NFC, I could understand. But to build out yet another proprietary system seems to only serve MCX, and not their client or consumers.
Joshmo said:
simple enough...I just wont shop at those places.
Walgreens supports NFC payments, and there is one near my house and my office. Problem solved.
http://www.mastercard.us/cardholder-services/paypass ... »
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