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Vietnam, China sign QR code payment, agriculture deals as leaders meet(www.bangkokpost.com)

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9point6@lemmy.world
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I gotta wonder why QR payment has gotten so popular in East Asia and basically nowhere else

What’s the difference driving this

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Gumus@lemmy.world
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They basically skipped cards and moved from cash to app transfers. QR code is a natural extension of the app to make contactless payments accessible.

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Xavienth@lemmygrad.ml
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You also don’t need a payment terminal. Even adoption of card payment in the West has never been fully ubiquitous (though it’s pretty close now) because of the need for a payment terminal.

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realharo@lemm.ee
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Or how noone uses the default phone messaging app outside of the US.

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9point6@lemmy.world
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Does anyone actually use voicemail anymore

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schizoidman@lemm.eeOP
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I believe QR payments are popular in India as well.

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تحريرها كلها ممكن@lemmy.ml
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My guess is the greater capacity allowing for the encoding of Chinese and other non-ASCII characters

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تحريرها كلها ممكن@lemmy.ml
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Curious they went with QR Code and not Han Xin.

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What_Religion_R_They [none/use name]@hexbear.net
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That’s pretty cool

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