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Finextra: In another blow to retailer-led mobile payments consortium MCX, US drugstore chain Rite Aid is activating support for rival products from Google and Apple across the company's 4600 outlets nationwide. 
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The hits just keep on coming out of MCX this week. On the heels of the announcement that founding retailer Best Buy has officially jumped ship and resolved
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Best Buy steps over CurrentC to accept Apple Pay and CEO's departures represent some challenges prior to launch for CurrentC. Brian Mooney to steer CurrentC launch!
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Rite Aid to accept contactless along with Google, Apple, and other upcoming payment options thus breaking away from MCX (CurrentC); Best Buy decided to start accepting Apple Pay the moment exclusivity contract expires.
We will see more retailers break free from MCX ranks - a solution that has taken too long, limits customer experience/choices, and as soon as management teams realize accepting all payment forms is in better interest of merchant with fee being the cost of doing business!