Haven't been to a CVS since they declared NO APPLE PAY.
Walgreens is the same distance, and cleaner.
Thanks CVS. I will never return
Walgreens is the same distance, and cleaner.
Thanks CVS. I will never return
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MCX Member Best Buy Begins Accepting Apple Pay in App, In-Store Support Coming
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I have a small healthcare office and my CC Processor updated the terminal as soon as apple pay came out. I have had it available for patients for months. I didn't realize it was there until one patient saw the wifi symbol and tried her iphone. I guess it happened when they put the chip terminal in.
Most new Chip & PIN terminals will include NFC, which enables Apple Pay. I've used it with my Apple Watch at a number of mom and pop stores alone thanks to this!
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Walmart UK (Asda) has contact less on, but I'm not sure if it's off now! I know that all Walmart POS Systems are controlled here in the U.S. By home office in Bentonville, Ar, no matter if it's a store in China or Ireland. It's called the 'SMART System'....I worked at Walmart. If you were inclined you can check the inventory of a store across the pond.
Not sure how their non-Walmart named stores work, but I do remember hearing that their Mexican stores didn't have it turned on. /shrug
You made some good points. I think Best Buy stores serve an important function as a place to see new products, try, buy (for people not comfortable ordering online), get something repaired, etc. If BB went out of business, I think this need would be great enough that a online retailer like Amazon.com would step in and build stores themselves. Maybe not as many stores as Best Buy currently has, but enough to cover geographic areas efficiently. That's the reason we have Apple stores, as a place to showcase new products, allow the purchase of those products including impulse purchases, purchasing accessories, allow repairs, etc. For many people, buying clothes online is tricky and the same can be true for technology. On a side note, I've purchased two Sony 40" HDTVs from BB in the past two years, using my car to transport them. I tried to order one of them online twice and both times the box was damaged from shipping, first time with FedEx, second time with UPS.
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MCX is so stupid
I have a tiny little hometown IGA in my village of 1600 people. Yes it is a Village, in Ohio. And even they now accept Apple Pay. Amazing stuff and so simple. MCX is lost and will never gain traction.
I have a tiny little hometown IGA in my village of 1600 people. Yes it is a Village, in Ohio. And even they now accept Apple Pay. Amazing stuff and so simple. MCX is lost and will never gain traction.
It may not be named Walmart but it's still 100% Walmart. Next time you're in London, stop in. I have and you will see the handheld price scanners say Walmart right on them. The signs say Copyright 2014 Wal-Mart Stores on it. They call it "Walmart pay week" and the backend system says Walmart all over. It's the same thing, just different name on the front of the store.
I've used Contactless in a town with 800 people, they had the VX520 so I had to walk over the to the card machine which was in the front of the store and instruct the cashier on how to run it, it of course worked and they thought it was very cool.
I agree that MCX has no future as most of the small businesses will end up supporting Contactless like that, and we will never see MCX come to small businesses. Its a sinking ship now, just die already MCX!
Contactless is built in on these terminals. They just have to enable it, and possibly just show the logo on the screen like the Verifone MX915s