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Apple in Talks with Major Banks to Launch Apple Pay in UK During First Half of 2015
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. Mind boggling how ignorant some people can be!!Did I just see a donkey with a mobile payment system on it?
hey as a man I like softer. Its one of the reason I prefer women to men. Women are softer to feel. Silly people
Yes, the reason being is that they're pure scum, along with all the other lie factories: The Sun, The Star, The People, The Express, The Sun on Sunday, The Times, Telegraph - neoliberal piss barrels.
So you've just named pretty much every paper apart from the Morning Star and the Socialist Worker. So which one do you read?
So you've just named pretty much every paper apart from the Morning Star and the Socialist Worker. So which one do you read?
I don't give my money to, or read, any of them. They're all capable of excellent, insightful, useful journalism on occasion but for the most part they're poison, in cahoots with other powerful corporations and government and are entirely self serving. A small elite who don't give a **** about anyone but themselves.
I hope Apple Pay makes it to Finland soon. I'm currently using an NFC sticker glued to the back of my iPhone's case for NFC payments and I'd be more than happy to get rid of that abomination as the sticker is huge, thick, and insanely ugly and the software for transferring funds to the account is equally horrible.
So you've just named pretty much every paper apart from the Morning Star and the Socialist Worker. So which one do you read?
I tend to bow out of threads when people start with the 'Daily Mail' Cliche.
It's become a Godwins Law of its own.
But back on topic, In theory it should be easier to get up and running in the UK, fewer banks, an extensive, established NFC network, etc.
The £20 limit should go for fingerprint authenticated purchases, and indeed would need to, it would be embarrassing not to be able to use Apple Pay in an Apple Store, where few things cost less than the £20 limit!
UK Banks
Had the UK banking sector been on their toes, one would have grasped Apple Pay and got first-mover advantage. Many people would have moved to that bank. It is the way to go and will change banking and transactions forever. Procrastination again from a bunch of old-world thinkers. Get on with it!
Had the UK banking sector been on their toes, one would have grasped Apple Pay and got first-mover advantage. Many people would have moved to that bank. It is the way to go and will change banking and transactions forever. Procrastination again from a bunch of old-world thinkers. Get on with it!
Fair point. Their journalistic standards are frankly terrible, and Graham Linehan makes some rather disturbing points about their "celebrity" coverage.
Shoving the Telegraph in with the Red Tops was a bit off though IMO.
Anyway, back on topic. Here's topic HSBC get of their bum and support it before 2020. Took them years to create an iPhone App for checking balances... I'd be tempted to move banks for Apple Pay support.
Anyone moving banks because one allows them to use Apple Pay and another doesn't (yet)? I don't think so. Moving banks is a major hassle.
Perhaps what they're upset about is that Apple has the customer's credit card info on file, yet none of that is accessible to anyone else (like the vendors). Maybe they should try CurrentC instead.
Australia is the same and has NFC and pin on credit cards. You can't sign on a credit card in Australia so NFC and Apple Pay would be easy plus you only have 3 major banks to deal with. Definitely Apple need to speed up the process.
I'd love Apple Pay to come to the UK, but I know it won't work with my bank and nowhere I actually go to buy things will support it.
I'm not suddenly going to change to having a McDonald's everyday just so I can pay with my phone.
I'm not suddenly going to change to having a McDonald's everyday just so I can pay with my phone.
Pay working in Italy in the future
I think Apple will need to substantially update the Apple Pay code to make it compatible with the Osaifu-Keitai NFC payment system used in Japan. It could happen with iOS 8.2 (coming in February to support the Apple Watch) or iOS 8.3 (which may be the version that supports the 12"+ iPad model).
If it does happen, Apple would absolutely clean up the market in Japan, since combining the iPhone with something like Mobile Suica or Rakuten Edy is something a lot of Japanese want.
If it does happen, Apple would absolutely clean up the market in Japan, since combining the iPhone with something like Mobile Suica or Rakuten Edy is something a lot of Japanese want.
I don't think it's Apple that is slowing down the process, it's the banking industry.
Another poster suggested the article writer doesn't understand Apple Pay, and that's probably true.
But, Apple IS involved in the process of enrolling your card in Apple Pay. And, they must keep some record of which cards are enrolled in Apple Pay, so they can invalidate the DAN(s) if you report (via iClound) that your iPhone was lost or stolen.
Beyond that, the only thing out of the ordinary is the tracking of your location/date/time when you use Apple Pay. And that can be disabled by turning off Location Services for Passbook. However, you'll give up some functionality of Passbook by doing so.
Here in the UK, it's not as much of a problem as you might think. From September 2013, UK banks have (with no major exceptions) signed up to something called the Current Account Switching Service, that's designed to make the process a lot easier, and to clear up any issues with the hand-over from one bank to another.
I'd definitely consider switching if my bank doesn't support Apple pay.