Large Retailers Reject ApplePay to Create Own Mobile Payment App: CurrentC
A large number of merchants are actually building their own mobile payment app called CurrentC. As it turns out, it isn't just the Bitcoin community that has said "meh" to Apple's supposed new innovation in the mobile payments industry: ApplePay. While some companies, such as Best Buy and WalMart, have been very vocal in cutting out Apple as a middleman, others have taken more subtle steps. Recently, Rite Aid and CVS, two giants in an industry that mobile payments wants to enter very badly, decided to modify and/or shut off NFC readers already installed at their locations. Many retailers....
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