Empty-Handed Payments
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Payments
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Contactless Payments
Is there a real market for payments without a phone or card? ... I had nothing with me, my phone dead ... I was hungry and I couldnt buy anything ...
The author questions whether there's a market for payments without a phone or card, sharing a personal experience of being unable to buy food with a dead phone and no card.
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