Editing Octopus card (section)

=== Technology ===
As NFC and cardless payment are more popular in mainland China, some question the slow technology development of Octopus company. Among these commentaries, some suggest market monopoly and government attitude to Octopus are the contributing factor, as the social transportation subsidies are solely through the Octopus system.<ref>{{cite web|title=【施政報告．博評】交通津貼的最大贏家{{snd}}八達通|date=16 October 2017 |url=https://www.hk01.com/01%E5%8D%9A%E8%A9%95-%E6%94%BF%E7%B6%93%E7%A4%BE/126051/-%E6%96%BD%E6%94%BF%E5%A0%B1%E5%91%8A-%E5%8D%9A%E8%A9%95-%E4%BA%A4%E9%80%9A%E6%B4%A5%E8%B2%BC%E7%9A%84%E6%9C%80%E5%A4%A7%E8%B4%8F%E5%AE%B6-%E5%85%AB%E9%81%94%E9%80%9A|publisher=Sheeta|access-date=5 December 2017|archive-date=30 January 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210130022515/https://www.hk01.com/%E6%94%BF%E7%B6%93%E7%A4%BE/126051/%E6%96%BD%E6%94%BF%E5%A0%B1%E5%91%8A-%E5%8D%9A%E8%A9%95-%E4%BA%A4%E9%80%9A%E6%B4%A5%E8%B2%BC%E7%9A%84%E6%9C%80%E5%A4%A7%E8%B4%8F%E5%AE%B6-%E5%85%AB%E9%81%94%E9%80%9A|url-status=live}}</ref> Octopus CEO Sunny Cheung stated that new technology would be launched in short period of time, such as [[QR code]] payment, integration of Octopus card with [[Samsung Pay]] and [[peer-to-peer lending]].<ref name="taxi" />