{"id":11898,"date":"2014-10-28T19:43:00","date_gmt":"2014-10-29T02:43:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/37prime.wordpress.com\/?p=11898"},"modified":"2014-10-28T19:43:00","modified_gmt":"2014-10-29T02:43:00","slug":"complicated-and-convoluted","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/37prime.com\/news\/2014\/10\/28\/complicated-and-convoluted\/","title":{"rendered":"Complicated and Convoluted"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"CurrentC<\/p>\n

Complicated and convoluted are the current C-words.<\/p>\n

According to\u00a0The New York Times<\/a>:<\/p>\n

The problem is that under the terms of their MCX contractual agreement, they are not supposed to accept competing mobile payments products like Apple Pay, according to multiple retailers involved with MCX, who spoke on the condition of anonymity. If these retailers break their contracts, they will face steep fines for doing so, these people said.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Target who is a member of Merchant Customer Exchange (MCX) is not taking Apple Pay at its\u00a01,801 stores in the United States and 133 stores in Canada. Interestingly, Target is taking Apple Pay as payment method in its iOS App.<\/p>\n

\"Apple<\/p>\n

Target offers\u00a0REDcard\u00ae<\/a>\u00a0which gives everyday 5% discount on almost everything in its stores\u00a0in exchange for the customer’s information<\/a>\u00a0(nytimes.com).<\/p>\n

CurrentC looks like the digital counterpart of\u00a0Target REDcard\u00ae<\/a>\u00a0but with\u00a0a really clunky implementation<\/a>\u00a0(techcrunch.com).<\/p>\n

\"currentc-payment\"<\/p>\n

Are those\u00a0QR-codes?<\/p>\n

Reminds me of this collection of\u00a0“Pictures of People Scanning QR-Codes<\/a>” (via\u00a0Daring Fireball<\/a>).<\/p>\n

Apparently\u00a0CurrentC is the common enemy that spawn a union between Android and iOS\u00a0users on Reddit.\u00a0Thread 1<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0Thread 2<\/a><\/p>\n

CurrentC, a c-word, which is both complicated and convoluted.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Complicated and convoluted are the current C-words. According to\u00a0The New York Times: The problem is that under the terms of their MCX contractual agreement, they are not supposed to accept competing mobile payments products like Apple Pay, according to multiple retailers involved with MCX, who spoke on the condition of anonymity. If these retailers break … <\/p>\n

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