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NFC Forum wants to bundle age verification and payment receipts in tap-to-pay

The NFC Forum envisions a future wherein one tap is all you need for multiple actions at once, including paying for purchases, getting loyalty point and receiving digital receipts.

With a single tap, for instance, you could pay for your purchase, get points on your rewards account and receive a digital receipt on your phone. If the ride you're taking requires a ticket that you'll need to show a conductor, operators will be able to automatically issue you an e-ticket when you pay with the new multi-purpose tap experience. The organization — which includes Apple, Google and Huawei, among other tech companies and manufacturers — still has to conduct tests to make sure the NFC technology is working as intended, as well, and to define standards to "enable mass market delivery."

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