These days I use Samsung Pay for virtually everything I buy with a credit card. It rocks! I even use it with 20+ year old point of sale systems where vendors are amazed that it works. My one BIG grip is that most restaurants I the US still insist on disappearing with my card; something that is totally BS I this day and age. The last several times my number was “lost”/stolen directly relates to this archaic process. If you have a Samsung phone, you Must try Samsung Pay… which sort of begs the question as to the necessity of cryptocurrency in the age of services like xxx Pay and PayPal; unless shadow banking is your thing of course.
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