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submitted 2 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 9 points 2 months ago (4 children)

I gotta wonder why QR payment has gotten so popular in East Asia and basically nowhere else

What's the difference driving this

[–] [email protected] 11 points 2 months ago

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.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 months ago

I believe QR payments are popular in India as well.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago

My guess is the greater capacity allowing for the encoding of Chinese and other non-ASCII characters

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago

Curious they went with QR Code and not Han Xin.