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Vietnam, China sign QR code payment, agriculture deals as leaders meet (www.bangkokpost.com)
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[–] 9point6@lemmy.world 9 points 1 year ago (4 children)

I gotta wonder why QR payment has gotten so popular in East Asia and basically nowhere else

What's the difference driving this

[–] Gumus@lemmy.world 11 points 1 year ago

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.

[–] schizoidman@lemm.ee 3 points 1 year ago

I believe QR payments are popular in India as well.

[–] PanArab@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 year ago

My guess is the greater capacity allowing for the encoding of Chinese and other non-ASCII characters

[–] PanArab@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 year ago

Curious they went with QR Code and not Han Xin.