> Countries like the UK and Portugal have high penetrations of NFC-based terminals at physical point of sale. Yet contactless cards just can’t get traction.<p>Anecdotally, NFC has taken off a lot in the UK in the last couple of months. Very common for me to be the only one not using contactless to pay my share of a meal (my bank doesn't do it yet).
> When he rolls into a gas station to fill his tank, [Jack] doesn’t get out of his car. He punches a few buttons on his cellphone and within seconds he has paid for the fuel.<p>Two uhh small problems:<p>- "Jack" forgot to fill up his tank at all...<p>- The wireless range of Apple Pay isn't that substantive.<p>Also is the person named "Jack" or "Bob." The article uses both.