Apple Pay UK, anyone else excited?

[OllyW]

Plenty of places will not have a limit.
The amount of places that will be limited to £20 will sharp decrease.

The 9to5Mac article which MacRumors used as the source for the story confirming the £20 limit says that most retailers will have the limit.

However, the usual £20 limit on contactless transactions does apply … for the time being. When Apple Pay launches in July, almost all merchants will only allow Apple Pay purchases up to £20 …

 

[570934]

I thought that contactless payments had been lifted to £30 recently?

 

[OllyW]

I thought that contactless payments had been lifted to £30 recently?

It's going up in September.

 

[570934]

I thought I heard it mentioned somewhere.

 

[roadbloc]

Been able to do NFC payments from my phone for about three years now, so no. Apple were very very late with this.

 

[AppleFanBoy82]

I have a 5s. Yes, my understanding is that you can use it for in app purchases. I would love to have a list of supported apps though, I guess it's somewhere out there on the Internet.

you can only use the 5s with apple pay if you pair it with an apple watch

 

[bigchrisfgb]

you can only use the 5s with apple pay if you pair it with an apple watch
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You can use the 5s on it's own for in app/safari purchases.

 

[virginblue4]

You can use the 5s on it's own for in app/safari purchases.

No, you can't. Hence the reason it is not listed on the Apple website.

 

[nj-morris]

Should I be excited for Pay on my Air 2?

 

[570934]

Should I be excited for Pay on my Air 2?

Lol

 

[bigchrisfgb]

No, you can't. Hence the reason it is not listed on the Apple website.

I stand corrected.

 

[morty192]

Do we have a date in July for when this launches?

 

[iGeek2014]

Do we have a date in July for when this launches?

I've got a secondary Current Account (and Credit Card) with Santander; my default bank, Lloyds, won't be supporting Apple Pay just yet.

When I've enabled United States as my 'Region' under Settings and attempted to add my Visa Debit/MasterCard I hold with Santander it brings up the Terms and Conditions.

So I'm guessing it'll be in the first half of the month.

I am looking forward to it being rolled out in the UK; yes it's nothing new as I use contactless where I can but it'll be great to try it out.

 

[work3d]

Looks like Barclay's won't be getting Apple pay anytime soon (I'm guessing)http://bpay.co.uk/home#meet-the-bpay-family

They are obviously dead set on driving on with their own brand of wireless payment. If anyone is on Barclays and wants to use Apple Pay you may be waiting a long time.

 

[SMIDG3T]

Looks like Barclay's won't be getting Apple pay anytime soon (I'm guessing)http://bpay.co.uk/home#meet-the-bpay-family

They are obviously dead set on driving on with their own brand of wireless payment. If anyone is on Barclays and wants to use Apple Pay you may be waiting a long time.

Nope, not for a while anyway. They will lose customers over this that's for certain.

 

[Sheza]

I stand corrected.

It's because of the lack of the secure element which is part of the NFC chip I believe - found on an iP6, Air 2 and Watch but not the 5S.

My question is when will Apple Pay launch? They said July but it makes sense to enable it in the 8.4 update, surely? But I am very excited! Even though it's not too different from using a contactless card in KFC or Tesco or wherever, I'm looking forward to at least truing it out.

 

[AFEPPL]

Wireless payment has been in the UK for ages, apple pay does nothing new...

 

[virginblue4]

Wireless payment has been in the UK for ages, apple pay does nothing new...

Yes it does, it offers security.

 

[AFEPPL]

The banks cover the cost and it's not hard to get into an iPhone!

 

[whathesaid]

Boots will be 'limitless' from November.

 

[Daniel.steel]

Anyone think this will launch today with Apple Music?

 

[Zxxv]

Anyone think this will launch today with Apple Music?

For natwest customers I think it will come with the 8.4 update because their app just updated today and users had to confirm their phone number with a code again. This is only done on big updates or when first using the app or reinstalling on a new iPhone etc. I think natwest are ready to go the moment apple software update comes.

 

[rctlr]

It will be a little while before I get on the Apple Pay Bandwagon (still 8 months on a 5S contract) - When I upgrade then I'll probably use, for now Card in iPhone Case does the same trick.

 

[Browno01]

For natwest customers I think it will come with the 8.4 update because their app just updated today and users had to confirm their phone number with a code again. This is only done on big updates or when first using the app or reinstalling on a new iPhone etc. I think natwest are ready to go the moment apple software update comes.

I've tried to add it on 8.3 until a few days ago, I used to get a message about accepting Natwest's T's&C's but now it just fails...

 

[Zxxv]

I've tried to add it on 8.3 until a few days ago, I used to get a message about accepting Natwest's T's&C's but now it just fails...

well theres nothing in the release notes on 8.4 which I'm downloading now.