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Apple Card to Lose Magnetic Stripe By 2029
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Walmart is strange. Their leadership seems to have a plan, but as a customer, it doesn't always feel right. I feel like they want to take on Amazon.com before Amazon takes on their Brick & Morter business. The issue is, for me at least, Walmart stores and Walmart.com are miserable places to shop and while Walmart.com and Walmart do work together it feels like they are roommates that only talk when the rent is due.
A few years ago I was at a PF Chang's for a group lunch when the power went off. They pulled one of these out so we could pay. Quite surprising!
Before I got an EV I would always use contactless at Gas stations. Usually through the Exxon/Mobile app or Sunoco app.
Even better, you get 3% back on the Apple Card through the Exxon Mobile app.
Will cards still have relief print so my local tire shop guy can still keep using his knuckle dragger?
Banks have nothing to do with it. All the cards in the US are already issued with chips. Each business decides what type of reader to use.
That's great to hear!
I'd like to put it in my Apple Wallet also. They do let you have a digital version that's in their app.
Was startled recently when a gas station clerk refused to accept Apple Pay (for a $1.79 Gatorade), demanding a $4 minimum or cash. "Apple takes a big bite!" he kept repeating. Luckily I had cash, which I now rarely do. With more presence of mind I'd have walked out, noting I'll do my business where the Apple Pay logo is both present and honored.
What's wild is that there's still some merchants that will take a card imprint. When I rented a jet ski in Key West a few years ago, the vendor took an imprint of my card.Good one. I bet most people nowadays don't even know what that was for
My guess is they need absolute proof they had the card and my authorization in case they have to bill me because I stole the thing.
i got that, but those damn connectors made me think of that god damn zip drive that i had to shlep around in college
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And will be completely obsolete when the time does arrive. In 8 years I expect we won't be carrying cards any more than cash.
I'm sure it's safe to assume that in 8 years the chip readers will be FAR more reliable.
if you're talking about florida — i spent the winter there and it's doing much much better than nyc in the contactless department. only a couple of times did i have to use a physical card in the 7 months spent there.
Tapping an NFC card and Apple Pay are the exact same thing. There's no reason to offer NFC in the card (which is insecure since anyone can use it) over fully authenticated Apple Pay.
Sadly around here I'm pretty sure you'd run out of gas before you found a pay at the pump that took anything other than the magnetic stripe. It's sad, especially when every little food truck or shop around here use those little Square terminals that let me pay with my watch.
BUT THEY HOLD 100 FLOPPIES PER DISK! LOL. I purchased the Jaz drive while in college. At least there was a reasonable chance that someone else would have a ZIP drive..i got that, but those damn connectors made me think of that god damn zip drive that i had to shlep around in college
I'm annoyed at how few places take contactless payments around me. I wish CC companies would mandate contactless payments the same way they forced everyone to switch to chip payments a few years ago.
it kinda feels like there is lack there — when compared to other credit cards that do have the feature. but i suppose you're right!