I think I know what could lead to the mark of the beast being implemented. Think about this... I have had my credit card numbers stolen twice in the last 3 months, both times it occurred at different restaurants (when waitress/waiter or cashier took my card to pay for the food (they either wrote down numbers or used a scanner to get info off card). The last incident occurred at a sonic burger, the reason why I knew the person took my numbers is 5 days later their were 6 charges on my card, 4 for sonic burger online (gift cards totaling between $20-50 each) and one for a gas station 1500 miles away and a $1500 at an electronics store in another state. luckily bank stopped payments after the 4 sonic gift cards and rejected the gas station and online electronics store..

Folks, my wife also got hit the same day as me with her wells fargo visa card, this fraud is happening at a high rate in USA and the new chips are not working!!

I think they will eventually eliminate credit cards and cash and possibly?? go to biometric implants (mark of the beast??)