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mladenkovacevic on Sept 9, 2014 | parent | context | favorite | on: Apple Pay

I've been "tapping to pay" with my credit cards here in Canada for the better part of the last 2 years.

Does this use the same technology?

tcheard on Sept 9, 2014 | [–]

Yes I believe it is. Credit cards use the EMV protocol over the ISO14443 transmission protocol. I believe this is doing the same.

arecurrence on Sept 9, 2014 | [–]

Yes

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