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		dannyr on Dec 1, 2009 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Squareup Good technology but it's mainly for businesses. I'm still waiting for the ability to pay with your cellphone to any merchant. This is happening in Japan and Korea right now among others. Maybe an IPhone or Android will have an RFID chip in the future. Or maybe there will be a mobile app that displays a QR code that a merchant can scan and grab your credit card information.

atamyrat on Dec 1, 2009 [–]

No, it should be other way, merchant displays QR code with merchant's identity, payment amount, transaction ID and you authorize the transaction.

olefoo on Dec 1, 2009 | [–]

I like this idea.

You could have expiring and non-expiring offers too, so that you could have a payment station that was not much more than a sign with a barcode.

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