Tap to Pay: What It Is and How It Works
Stax
NOVEMBER 13, 2023
Learn More History of Tap to Pay Although contactless payments weren’t widely adopted until the 2010s, the technology actually dates back to 1995. In Seoul, South Korea, the Seoul Bus Transport Association introduced the UPass, a contactless payment card that commuters could tap on as they entered the bus.
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