Business Insider -
6 Jan 2015 23:50

The metal coil shown here doesn't look like much. Just some looped copper. But if you run an alternating current through it, the coil will produce a magnetic field. And if you create the right kind of magnetic field, the coil can communicate with a standard credit card reader. That's how LoopPay works. LoopPay is a mobile payments startup that lets you load your credit cards into an accessory, like a smartphone case or dongle, and make payments just by tapping it against a standard magnetic cred...
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