FacePay?

#1

Post by ewilliamsh » Mon, Apr 06, 2015, 4:51 AM UTC

FacePay?
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Re: FacePay?

#2

Post by chrischen » Mon, Apr 06, 2015, 5:16 AM UTC

Glad to see they're catching up to WeChat (Tencent) in China, who's been doing similar functionality for a while now (messaging brands).

Re: FacePay?

#3

Post by minikomi » Mon, Apr 06, 2015, 5:41 AM UTC

There's also Line Pay for places where that's prominent

https://help.line.me/line/android/categoryId/10001102/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xv25NjPxzW4

Re: FacePay?

#4

Post by frik » Mon, Apr 06, 2015, 5:48 AM UTC

> What if buying something was as easy as Liking it? You’d probably buy a lot more, and buy it through whoever made it so damn simple.

Exactly. There is Paypal. Afaik, Amazon and Google discontinued their similar service that was in competition with Paypal (API for third party website payments) - but why? (I think that were the services: Amazon WebPay, Google Checkout)

Re: FacePay?

#5

Post by christianmann » Mon, Apr 06, 2015, 5:50 AM UTC

This is also a good way to add unlimited context to a transaction.

Re: FacePay?

#6

Post by DataCreep » Mon, Apr 06, 2015, 5:56 AM UTC

No thanks.

Re: FacePay?

#7

Post by chrischen » Mon, Apr 06, 2015, 5:58 AM UTC

frik wrote: post #4

> What if buying something was as easy as Liking it? You’d probably buy a lot more, and buy it through whoever made it so damn simple. Exactly. There is Paypal. Afaik, Amazon and Google discontinued their similar service that was in competition with Paypal (API for third party website payments) - but why? (I think that were the services: Amazon WebPay, Google Checkout)

Also Apple Pay inside apps, and for retailers.

Re: FacePay?

#8

Post by frik » Mon, Apr 06, 2015, 5:59 AM UTC

chrischen wrote: post #2

Glad to see they're catching up to WeChat (Tencent) in China, who's been doing similar functionality for a while now (messaging brands).

I heard good things about WeChat/its chinese counter part. http://www.forbes.com/sites/rosatrieu/2014/07/02/what-chinas...

Re: FacePay?

#9

Post by stewartbutler » Mon, Apr 06, 2015, 6:01 AM UTC

Honest question: has Facebook done anything to indicate that they are willing and able to protect user data? Because social and financial are two words that I don't like seeing near each other. I ask because I deleted my account years ago because I felt I had too little control over what was shared and with who, concerning when the service is from a company with no financial incentive to keep any data private. I have no idea if those behaviors have changed and no real interest in looking into it myself.

Re: FacePay?

#10

Post by frik » Mon, Apr 06, 2015, 6:06 AM UTC

chrischen wrote: post #7

frik wrote: post #4

> What if buying something was as easy as Liking it? You’d probably buy a lot more, and buy it through whoever made it so damn simple. Exactly. There is Paypal. Afaik, Amazon and Google discontinued their similar service that was in competition with Paypal (API for third party website payments) - but why? (I think that were the services: Amazon WebPay, Google Checkout)

Also Apple Pay inside apps, and for retailers.

That's not the point. Inside their walled garden, Amazon's and Google's payment works fine too.

The point was it used to be easy to use their services outside in the open internet on normal websites like Paypal.