schizoidman@lemm.ee to World News@lemmy.mlEnglish · 2 months agoVietnam, China sign QR code payment, agriculture deals as leaders meetwww.bangkokpost.comexternal-linkmessage-square9fedilinkarrow-up129arrow-down10
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minus-square9point6@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up9·2 months agoI gotta wonder why QR payment has gotten so popular in East Asia and basically nowhere else What’s the difference driving this
minus-squareGumus@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up11·2 months agoThey basically skipped cards and moved from cash to app transfers. QR code is a natural extension of the app to make contactless payments accessible.
minus-squareschizoidman@lemm.eeOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·2 months agoI believe QR payments are popular in India as well.
minus-squareLalSalaamComrade@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·2 months agoVery similar to how no one in India and perhaps most of Asia uses voicemail.
minus-squarerealharo@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up4·2 months agoOr how noone uses the default phone messaging app outside of the US.
minus-square9point6@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·2 months agoDoes anyone actually use voicemail anymore
minus-squareتحريرها كلها ممكن@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up2·2 months agoMy guess is the greater capacity allowing for the encoding of Chinese and other non-ASCII characters
I gotta wonder why QR payment has gotten so popular in East Asia and basically nowhere else
What’s the difference driving this
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.
I believe QR payments are popular in India as well.
Very similar to how no one in India and perhaps most of Asia uses voicemail.
Or how noone uses the default phone messaging app outside of the US.
Does anyone actually use voicemail anymore
My guess is the greater capacity allowing for the encoding of Chinese and other non-ASCII characters