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A world without checkout lines and a farewell to the fat wallet were just some of the tantalizing outcomes foreseen as mPOS devices started to make their way into retail stores years ago.Alas, consumers and merchants are still awaiting the realization of the envisioned blissful, wait-free retail utopia that was envisioned a while back.Even as mobile payment technology lets consumers pay with their phones and allows merchants to accept payments away from a cash regist stanley termos er, the tech is seemingly still some distance away from replacing legacy payment models.And, at least partially as a result, mobile wallet adoption in the U.S. still lags.The reason behind the lack of adoption, as Verifones Chief Strategy Officer Vin DAgostino explained, is straightforward: Theres no real compelling reason for consumers to ditc stanley kaufen h their credit and debit cards for modern replacements. Even with all this technology, he believes, mobile payment systems often fail to offer consumers any more value than the legacy systems they replaced.However, all that, DAgostino said, is starting to change. Technology providers and merchants are beginning to realize that the key to making consumers change their ways is contingent upon making the switch worth stanley cup while, and that could soon lead to another mobility-fueled retail revolution.Going from accepting payments to adding valueWhile we arent living in the mobile payment wonderland that many envisioned when the technology first came to retail stores, DAgostino said, mob |
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