MCX Goes On the Defensive, Offers New Details
Hmmm...
> First and foremost, MCX said participation in its
> payment service is voluntary. When merchants choose
> to work with MCX, they choose to do so exclusively.
So CVS and RiteAid chose to use MCX, purchased their terminals and licensed their processing system-- which included NFC-- and then when MCX offers an alternate AS YET UNDEPLOYED solution, MCX has the right to disable functionality their customers paid for.
> Importantly, if a merchant decides to stop working with
> MCX, there are no fines.
Except if you happen to own thousands of stores with tens of thousands of terminals that you already purchased. Then you have to pay to replace the whole system.
I call bullshit.
> payment service is voluntary. When merchants choose
> to work with MCX, they choose to do so exclusively.
So CVS and RiteAid chose to use MCX, purchased their terminals and licensed their processing system-- which included NFC-- and then when MCX offers an alternate AS YET UNDEPLOYED solution, MCX has the right to disable functionality their customers paid for.
> Importantly, if a merchant decides to stop working with
> MCX, there are no fines.
Except if you happen to own thousands of stores with tens of thousands of terminals that you already purchased. Then you have to pay to replace the whole system.
I call bullshit.
CVS and RiteAid bought their hardware from a different vendor than MCX. MCX didn't sell them something with NFC. I've used some of the new terminals that some of these merchants have recently upgraded to accept chip cards, etc. and many of them don'...
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This is all really irrelevant
As I will NEVER be willing to tie my credit card to my cell phone.
So you've never purchased anything using your phone? You haven't setup a payment option for google play, paypal, amazon, ebay etc.? If you have, then your phone's Hardware ID, location, mac address, and other info. was sent along with credit card in...
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aaaaaaand they just got hacked...
Bluetooth?!?
How would that work? If you think checkout lines move slow now, wait until everyone has to pair their phone to the Bluetooth terminal in that line of that store.
Although, with all this talk of QR codes and Bluetooth as the backbone of the system, maybe they're going to announce its backward compatible to an old Motorola RAZR flip phones.
Although, with all this talk of QR codes and Bluetooth as the backbone of the system, maybe they're going to announce its backward compatible to an old Motorola RAZR flip phones.
There were rumors that Apple was considering this option before they decided on NFC.
No, you wouldn't have to pair anything. As I understand it, it would use Bluetooth Beacons to detect and confirm your proximity to the register. It's great for one...
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No, you wouldn't have to pair anything. As I understand it, it would use Bluetooth Beacons to detect and confirm your proximity to the register. It's great for one...
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