Fitbit planning to be an Apple Pay competitor next year as it buys NFC payment tech

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Fitbit planning to be an Apple Pay competitor next year as it buys NFC payment tech

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<p>With the <a href="http://9to5mac.com/tag/apple-watch/" target="_blank">Apple Watch[/url] the most convenient way to use <a href="http://9to5mac.com/tag/apple-pay/" target="_blank">Apple Pay[/url], Fitbit appears set to bring contactless payment tech to its fitness bands from next year.</p>
<p>After acquiring mobile payment company Coin earlier this month, <a href="http://9to5mac.com/tag/fitbit/" target="_blank">Fitbit[/url] hinted to <a href="http://thenextweb.com/gadgets/2016/05/19/fitbits-next-fitness-tracker-let-pay-purchases-stores/?utm_source=feedburner&amp;utm_medium=feed&amp;utm_campaign=Feed%3A+TheNextWeb+%28The+Next+Web+All+Stories%29" target="_blank">TNW[/url] that it would add NFC payment capabilities to one or more of its devices next year …</p>
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