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Originally Posted by lordofangels
Couldn't agree more, I use NFC tags for quite a few work/home tasks.
Linked to switch profiles, launch apps just by placing my phone next to the tag.
Just need more shops/services offering NFC payment capabilities.
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Except at the moment nobody offers combi NFC "cards" or phones - each one requires a separate account or pre-paid balance, that's the biggest pain.
My phone can already imitate my cards and be used for payment - yet companies are too hung up in their own proprietary "tap wallet" systems to actually build one that works with your existing account.
Nonetheless, lots of shops are offering NFC payments now. McDonalds, Starbucks, Tesco, Scotmid, Marks & Spencer, Costa, etc.
Nowhere near everywhere, and it'd be nice to become standard but that's a while off.
Theoretically any NFC phone can also be used to take payments via contactless cards for business owners as well.