CARMick Products Sees Impacts as Apple Adopts NFC Mobile Payments In Its Stores

In a step that was partly a surprise to many, Apple has actually deployed an upgrade to its in-store EasyPay systems that incorporates NFC capabilities. Conceptually, this could be used with contactless cards supplied by many financial institutions or with suitably set up SmartPhones. Some see this as a method for Apple to take advantage of the credit card info currently on file in the iTunes store. They have more than 800 million such records and allowing mobile payments making use of a future iPhone model including NFC would simplify the payment process considerably for their owners.

CARMick Products views this as potentially a game-changer in the payments industry. If this strategy gets enough adoption and creates an expectation among a group of customers as large as this, it will certainly compel the whole market to adjust.

Aside from the contactless capacities, the new shells fitted over the iPhones used by all Apple store associates to coduct payment transactions also include a pad that allows them to accept "chip and PIN" payments. This opens the door to the usage of EMV chips, not normally offered on cards in the USA today, yet largely used elsewhere on the planet and much more secure than the magnetic stripe technology that dominates the sector today.

The ID Preserver line of RFID blocking sleeves supplies security for contactless cards from the potential of actually having data read by exactly the sort of NFC-capable Mobile phone this device involves and promotes. We predict an extended period of change for the payments sector prior to such technologies make the wallet card obsolete. Consequently, we advise everybody to secure their personal info by carrying their cards in our covers.

As always, our 10-packs of credit card protectors are offered via our listing on Amazon.com.

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