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  • CVS continues Apple Pay snub, launches barcode-based 'CVS Pay'

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    The real question is, why would I want this? Why would anyone want this? Who the hell wants to download a dedicated payment app for a SINGLE store? This move makes no sense whatsoever. Unless of course, you believe this is a customer data collection and targeted marketing scheme....which I'm starting to...

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  • CVS continues Apple Pay snub, launches barcode-based 'CVS Pay'

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    rob53 said:

    As for CVS, they took over a lot of the old Long's Drug Stores and turned them into ugly mini Walmart stores. It doesn't surprise me they're trying to roll their own and I can't wait for someone at BlackHat to show how vulnerable their system is. The crazy thing about all these me-to systems is they aren't needed. Get a good POS system with a good credit card system and you're ready to accept ApplePay and any other NFC system. It doesn't take any programming on the merchants part because all the programming is already done in the card reader.
    Thing is, CVS already HAD these capabilities at I believe every location, as they accepted Apple pay for a hot minute (all of about a week or two iirc) then blocked and disabled NFC. My guess is, they saw how many users were happily using mobile payments and decided they wanted in on the racket too.
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