<story><title>Plastc will cease operations and will not fulfill any pre-orders</title><url>https://plastc.com/</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>vkou</author><text>&amp;quot;In 2011 after buying a pair of sneakers, then a fruit smoothie and noticing a Google Wallet icon on the cash register, Marquis asked the cashier how many people actually paid with their phones. The cashier responded that so far 2-3 people per month were using it...&lt;p&gt;Immediately the lightbulb went on in Ryan’s mind that there was a significant shift happening in the market from a physical credit card to digital payments. His mind went wild as he dreamed about what the future of digital payments could look like and within a short time after he launched Plastc.&amp;quot; [1]&lt;p&gt;So, after shopping at a store that sells fruit smoothies and sneakers (?), and being told that nobody cares enough about a universal credit card to use the free Google Wallet one, he concluded that the future is a universal credit card that people will pay hundreds of dollars for?&lt;p&gt;Only in Silicon Valley...&lt;p&gt;[1] &lt;a href=&quot;http:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.huffingtonpost.com&amp;#x2F;bryan-elliott&amp;#x2F;plastc-one-card-to-rule-t_b_9435586.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;http:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.huffingtonpost.com&amp;#x2F;bryan-elliott&amp;#x2F;plastc-one-card-...&lt;/a&gt;</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>xiaodown</author><text>It wasn&amp;#x27;t going to be so much that, as a card that you could put multiple credit cards on, but that still functioned entirely like a credit card - meaning it could be swiped in vending machines, by waitresses, and everywhere that accepts cards, without the need for an apple pay or google pay or whatever NFC payment hardware.&lt;p&gt;It&amp;#x27;s for people that keep multiple cards in their wallet.</text></comment>
<story><title>Plastc will cease operations and will not fulfill any pre-orders</title><url>https://plastc.com/</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>vkou</author><text>&amp;quot;In 2011 after buying a pair of sneakers, then a fruit smoothie and noticing a Google Wallet icon on the cash register, Marquis asked the cashier how many people actually paid with their phones. The cashier responded that so far 2-3 people per month were using it...&lt;p&gt;Immediately the lightbulb went on in Ryan’s mind that there was a significant shift happening in the market from a physical credit card to digital payments. His mind went wild as he dreamed about what the future of digital payments could look like and within a short time after he launched Plastc.&amp;quot; [1]&lt;p&gt;So, after shopping at a store that sells fruit smoothies and sneakers (?), and being told that nobody cares enough about a universal credit card to use the free Google Wallet one, he concluded that the future is a universal credit card that people will pay hundreds of dollars for?&lt;p&gt;Only in Silicon Valley...&lt;p&gt;[1] &lt;a href=&quot;http:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.huffingtonpost.com&amp;#x2F;bryan-elliott&amp;#x2F;plastc-one-card-to-rule-t_b_9435586.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;http:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.huffingtonpost.com&amp;#x2F;bryan-elliott&amp;#x2F;plastc-one-card-...&lt;/a&gt;</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>bazzargh</author><text>Fruit smoothies and sneakers? In Palo Alto, everyone told me the best coffee was at Zombie Runner, which is a running store...? So I guess that could happen.&lt;p&gt;I was just passing through for a couple of days so never had the chance to try it for myself, ymmv&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.zombierunner.com&amp;#x2F;about&amp;#x2F;palo_alto_store&amp;#x2F;&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;http:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.zombierunner.com&amp;#x2F;about&amp;#x2F;palo_alto_store&amp;#x2F;&lt;/a&gt;</text></comment>