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Paywave cards: Eftpos threatened
John Small provides background on Paywave cards in Trojans at the terminal. Bernard Hickey has a fresher story on the threat posed by contactless cards at the NZ Herald.
The short version: Mulit-national card companies have struggled to impose their ticket-clipping on New Zealanders in recent years because of our excellent Eftpos system. Now they are tempting us with an easy-to-use contactless cards — a move that could ultimately end up adding to the cost of almost everything.
Bill Bennett
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