alt Hacker NewsI should have specified that I live in the east-coast United States. Tap-to-pay is almost as common as someone writing you a paper check or an IOU, out here.
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hdgvhicv • 08/01/2025
Contactless is basically non existent in America?
I know America has always been backwards (cheques were still in use well into the 21st century, card pins didn’t seem to catch on before contactless became a thing about a decade ago), but I thought contactless was quite high nowadays, especiallly with phones and watches.
Certainly I’ve had no problem paying contactless in the cities I’ve been to recently - New York, DC and Miami.
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Saying east coast is too vague to be useful. I live on the east coast too and there are entire weeks where leave all my credit cards at home and only pay via tap-to-pay.