Commentary: CurrentC failure was easy to predict

Merchant Commerce Exchange (MCX), the retailer consortium that formed to create a rival mobile payment service to Apple Pay, is pulling the plug on pilot tests of its CurrentC app. MCX also announced layoffs in May 2016 and despite public claims to the contrary, appears to be shelving CurrentC permanently.



According to Jason Del Rey of Re/Code, this outcome was never in doubt.



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