Contactless Cards Coming To Carrefour
Written by Fred J. AunJanuary 26th, 2009
Carrefour, Europe's largest retailer and the world's second-largest retailer, is about to introduce contactless credit/loyalty cards as it continues to push near field communication (NFC) payment technology.
The adoption of contactless by a retailer of Carrefour's size "is one of the largest victories so far" and a "very positive win" for contactless technology, said Forrester Research Analyst Ed Kountz. "It's looking like we are going to see more deployments in Europe. It's also being done well in Turkey, of all places, and Asia really remains the number one market for contactless payments."
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Is there really an improvement between a mag swipe and contactless tap if multi-factor authentication is required?
-Ed
