Re: Payments activity - any point to our time and effort?

On 2016-03-04 22:42, Melvin Carvalho wrote:
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> I also support Manu's tireless work in this area, and his sharing of the state of affairs.

I'm also very impressed by Manu's energy but a bit less convinced about this groups analysis regarding Web Payments.

I do not believe that the payment industry really is that interested in standards, unless it is _their_ standard.
The need for interoperability is exaggerated.  Each payment system can IMO continue to be "different".

So what's needed then?  Security + Convenience.
With U2F that's a solved problem for superproviders.
And the rest? Who cares, the W3C have virtually no bank members, not to mention VISA and friends.

Anders

Received on Friday, 4 March 2016 21:58:21 UTC