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Apple Pay Coming to Canada's Banks Starting With RBC and CIBC Today

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Apple Pay has expanded to two major Canadian banks today in RBC and CIBC, with TD Canada Trust, Scotiabank, and BMO expected to follow in the "coming months" (June?) to complete the rollout across the country's "Big Five" financial institutions. ATB Financial and Canadian Tire Bank also support Apple Pay as of today.

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The expansion includes varying support for Visa, MasterCard, and Interac, covering most major debit and credit cards in Canada. Supported cards can be scanned or added manually to Apple Pay by tapping the "Add Credit or Debit Card" option in the Wallet app on iOS 8.1 or later on compatible devices.

Apple Pay can be used virtually anywhere contactless payments are already accepted in Canada, including at Apple Stores, Canadian Tire, Chapters, Coles, Indigo, London Drugs, Mark's, McDonald's, On The Go, Petro-Canada, Pizza Hut, Staples, Tim Hortons, and many other retailers nationwide.

Apple Pay support is also coming soon to Air Canada, Aldo, Domino's, Pizza Pizza, Zulily, and the TTC transit system in Toronto. Additionally, the payments service can be used in apps such as Apple, Delta, Etsy, Fancy, Groupon, Kickstarter, Priceline, Starbucks, Ticketmaster, Uber, and Zara starting in June.


Apple Pay is compatible with iPhone 6s, iPhone 6s Plus, iPhone 6, iPhone 6 Plus, and iPhone SE, in addition to the Apple Watch when paired with an iPhone 5 or later, for in-store payments, while the iPad Pro, iPad Air 2, iPad mini 4, and iPad mini 3 support in-app purchases only.

Apple Pay was previously only available in Canada for non-bank-issued American Express cardholders since last November.

Article Link: Apple Pay Coming to Canada's Banks Starting With RBC and CIBC Today
 
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https://www.macrumors.com/2016/05/10/canadas-big-five-banks-sign-up-to-apple-pay/
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And I still can't add it to this app because it will only let me scan for a code instead of adding a card. Sigh. Thanks Apple
 
Not sure if this was already stated somewhere else but the statement "iPhone and iPad models with the Touch ID feature.." is false iPhone 5s does not support Apple Pay.
 
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Would be interesting to find out what the compromise was to get this moving… Did Apple lower its cut of the fees, or did the banks feel the heat from the Amex competition and agree to Apple's original terms? Or a bit of both maybe?

Get the feeling that Apple are using Amex for leverage, in the same way they used AT&T with the launch of the original iPhone (and other exclusive operators in other countries).
 
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pauliaK said:
Does Apple Pay work with debit cards in the states as well? Waiting for TD to jump aboard.
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Not sure if you're asking if a Canadian card will work in the US (it should) or if Debt cards work (they do). I've never had to input my pin with my TD debt card, just run it as credit.
 
What a great way to start the morning.:).

Really surprised that TD isn't one of the first to get it honestly. But really happy to see BMO on the list as i'm switching from a TD visa card to a no-annual fee BMO master card since all my other bank accounts are with BMO.

But this makes sense that BMO isn't on the list yet as I was told the tap to pay debit cards (interact flash I think) was coming (the lady at the bank said about a month but I think it may be a couple of months).
 
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Can't add my credit cards to my Apple Watch and my credit cards and debit cards from RBC won't allow them to be on iPad cuz it only wants it for in store purchases :(
 
I'm actually very surprised that Tangerine, PC Financial, or any of the credit unions went behind this first (or even TD, and I use that bank. And Tangerine. :(). They like to be first when it comes to these things (at least, in Canada).

Also, I told you so! :p
 
MacRumors said:
Apple Pay can be used in Canada virtually anywhere contactless payments are accepted, including Apple Stores, Canadian Tire, Chapters, Coles, Indigo, London Drugs, Mark's, McDonald's, On The Go, Petro-Canada, Pizza Hut, Staples, Tim Hortons, and many other retailers.
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You know what the funny thing is? These SAME retailers complain about having to support contactless or chip in the United States, yet they're all equipped to do both of those in Canada.

Pizza Hut, Staples, Tim Horton.. .All of them aren't even remotely close to being up to date on payment technology in the United States.
 
XboxMySocks said:
And I still can't add it to this app because it will only let me scan for a code instead of adding a card. Sigh. Thanks Apple
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Change your region to Canada (Settings -> General -> Language & Region). You can change the region back afterwards, but it needs to be one of the supported ones for it to give you the option (US, Canada, UK, Singapore, etc).
 
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