QR code payments coming to Hong Kong's taxi service
Hong Kong's e-payment operator Octopus has launched a QR code service aimed at transitioning the city's 40,000 taxi drivers away from cash. The smartphone service, which is also targeted at small sellers, removes the need for merchants to install card readers. So far the service has not proved widely popular. Taxi industry insiders said more data protection and incentives are needed to boost its uptake amongst drivers.

But new method receives lukewarm response from taxi industry insiders, who say more incentives and data protection needed to get drivers on board