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Apple Pay Badges Appear in Some Maps Listings in Australia, Canada, Singapore and Europe
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I spent a week in Sydney recently and was able to use apple pay almost everywhere. They're probably more ready for it than the US will ever be.
I was thinking the same thing....Whole Foods in Mississauga doesn't show Apple Pay, but the one in Oakville does... You can check it yourself via the Maps app
That's because Woolworths Australia is a completely different company to Woolworths in other countries.
I was thinking the same thing....Whole Foods in Mississauga doesn't show Apple Pay, but the one in Oakville does... You can check it yourself via the Maps app
Well, Apple Maps is not the most trustworthy source when it comes to business listings to start with. Every day, I see listings for business that have been closed for months, and some open ones that are missing altogether. So I'm not really surprised if the Apple Pay information is not consistent either
Apple's quarterly results call is scheduled for Tuesday. That would be a great place for some Apple Pay announcements.
can i just take the time to say that finland is awesome for having a telco called saunalahti?
Damn you Apple! I'm really eager to try something that, in the great scheme of things, is not that important. Other than security and convenience, won't be a big step compared to tapping my card.
But still, I can't fricking wait!
But still, I can't fricking wait!
It's been rare to find a place that doesn't support tap and pay in Australia for the past 3-5 years. So really Australia has been the world leader in tap and pay transactions. Pretty much anywhere i go (including the tiny little convenience store) the first thing they say when going to pay is "Paywave/Paypass?"
Checked all the locations I used it with my US account and none of them have the Apple Pay logo.
I know there's a lot of Canadians on here (or maybe one very vocal one) who are really looking forward to Apple Pay. Hopefully that means it'll rollout soon.
Well thats it. We have had all the hardware here for years to support Apple Pay. Apple did not invent any of the core tech, it's been around for years. All they did was take existing technology and deploy a token based framework on top (increased security and anonymity). That's why you were able to use your cards here on our hardware. It's because you have a US bank account.
The Australian banks don't support Apple Pay because they don't need to. Why give Apple a cut when Aussie banks have already implemented Tap and Pay themselves?
Apple could implement tap and pay immediately if they allowed dev's to access the NFC chip in the iPhone 6 onwards. However Apple being Apple won't allow dev's access to the NFC chips. This aids in Apple trying to enforce Apple Pay worldwide (as they will make a cut from all transactions).
On Android devices with NFC, a few of the Australian Banks have created banking apps that use the phones inbuilt NFC chip to do payments.
What i assume will happen is that Apple will be forced to negotiate for a very very small cut in transaction fees with the Aussie banks. And when they do, it will be released.
"reported that Australian banks oppose Applesharing a portion of the $2 billion interchange fees they collect from merchants each year in return for use of payment infrastructure."
Banks better make nice with Apple, or they risk forcing Apple to become a direct competitor (sooner).
Banks better make nice with Apple, or they risk forcing Apple to become a direct competitor (sooner).