Shake is an Android mobile app which lets you pay for items at any retail location supporting contactless payment with NFC (Near Field Communication). These days almost any point of sale terminal supports contactless payments either via NFC or RFID. Unlike it’s competitors Android Pay and Apple Pay, Shake uses Bitcoin as it’s underlying currency and lets users top up their Shake wallet using Bitcoin.
The Shake app is not currently available for purchase but you can sign up for an early access list by going to shakepay.co. You can also send an email to [email protected] to possibly try the Shake app before the official release. There is another competing app called Plutus which also enables contactless payments, but this time it uses the Ethereum blockchain. Just like Shake it is not yet available for purchase and you need to sign up for early access to be able to test it.
http://themerkle.com/shake-giving-android-apple-pay-run-for-money/
Topic: [2016-03-25] Shake – Giving Android and Apple Pay a Run for their Money (Read 289 times)
March 24, 2016, 10:46:23 PM
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