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Tokenised card

Also called Apple Pay, Google Pay, device token

What crypto means by it

Your card number replaced by a device-specific stand-in, so the merchant never sees the real one and a leak from their systems is worthless.

What you already know this as

Precisely what Apple Pay and Google Pay have always done. Nothing crypto about it, despite the word token.

In Kite: Add your Kite card to Apple Pay or Google Pay and spend from your phone.

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