Research man in the middle attacks and get an Apple Watch. You're unlikely to drop an AppleWatch while using ApplePay.
I haven't pulled out my wallet in the two weeks since we got ApplePay (with Visa) in Australia.
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Apple Pay Coming to Canada's Banks Starting With RBC and CIBC Today
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I haven't pulled out my wallet in the two weeks since we got ApplePay (with Visa) in Australia.
Unless the interest doesn't start getting charged immediately, it's still more than you'd spend if you used a debit card at the ATM. Though at 7% it might only be a couple of cents if you push a payment immediately afterward.
So instead of tapping my wallet I have to take my phone out, press the home key, put my fingerprint until it reads it, and put it up to the card reader while half the time it might not work? mind blown.
Welcome to the twilight zone where an epidemic of stupidity has charmed the mass populace.
Welcome to the twilight zone where an epidemic of stupidity has charmed the mass populace.
It would be great if I didn't get a error message when trying to add a card to the Wallet & Apple Pay section on my Apple Watch app.
If anyone had told me before today’s announcement that RBC would get Apply Pay ahead of TD, I would have had told them to stop talking rubbish!
In Manitoba beer can be purchased at both the Govt run liquor stores (which accept tap and I just used Pay successfully) or private vendors (which are hit and miss with tap).
If it's the "could not connect" error, I was able to get past that this morning by flipping Airplane Mode on and back off on the Watch, forcing them to find each other again.
Well for starter, you can't pay anything over 100 dollars! I tried to use Apple Pay for 112.35 CAD purchase, got declined. Because of the tap limit.
Second try on local small restaurant, trying to pay with Apple Pay, tap feature got disabled.
So only success was at Tim Hortons and McDonalds.
With Apple Pay, you still need carry your wallet and credit card. Wish it work more like Samsung Pay, where it actually work with swipe card reader.
I think Pizza Hut was just being used as an example of a large chain, but it's a poor example in this case. Most Pizza Huts use Global Payments for their Debit/CC Merchant. Global Payments was one of the first merchants in Canada to announce Apple Pay support.
Also, your average Pizza Hut probably has 9 or 10 Debit Machines on premises. Most stores have delivery service, and you'll need a machine for each delivery driver. Also they'll have 2 or three machines for in the store, at the counter, or wireless for in the sit down restaurant.
Also, your average Pizza Hut probably has 9 or 10 Debit Machines on premises. Most stores have delivery service, and you'll need a machine for each delivery driver. Also they'll have 2 or three machines for in the store, at the counter, or wireless for in the sit down restaurant.
Have you even used Apple Pay? When I first used it, it was so fast, the cashier didn't even realize I'd paid, and that was before Apple Watch. I pulled my phone out of my pocket, unlocking it with TouchID at the same time. And it connected and paid with the tap reader instantly.
I was able to add a Canadian Tire MasterCard to my iPhone, but not to my iPad Pro for some reason - are in-app Apple Pay purchases not available yet in Canada (for non-Amex)?
Not if you don't have to carry your cards with you. My credit and debit cards are safe at home in a drawer. I never leave home without my iPhone and/or Watch anyway. When I want to pay for something, I just tap my wrist and walk away, glancing at the total popping up on my Watch to make a mental note of what I just spent.
I no longer carry a wallet. Heck, I don't even carry keys. My iPhone unlocks my doors. It's one less thing to carry, one less thing to lose. If I lost a credit card, it could be picked up and used. I'll never lose my phone because I'm constantly checking it but if I somehow did, I couldn't be used and my bank accounts would be safe.
I don't use PC Financial, but since they had a bunch of things that Tangerine got after them, yes I am surprised.
They're available. You should probably wait a bit and try again. It is the first week after all; there's bound to be problems at this time.
Apple Pay is way faster than tapping with a card - seems like when I tap using my visa or debit card there is some delay, which I don't notice as much with Apple Pay. Plus there is feedback on the phone that it is doing something rather than me tapping the credit card around the readers trying to find the correct spot before it does something. And seriously you have problem holding a phone ? Your tap card is more prone to theft if someone comes up and steals from you they can then go around tapping at different stores. Your iPhone is useless to them unless they also take your finger. Apple Pay uses a different number than your actual card so merchant never sees your real card number therefore even more secure.
And many people seem to walk around with their phones now or if they are waiting in line to pay so it's even more convenient as they don't have to take it out.
No I'm talking about the "not working" error, where it says couldn't get Apple Pay to work at this time.
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.
Also, I told you so!
PC Financial is part of CIBC - but the cards don't work (I just tried).
But credit unions - yeah - what were they thinking, this was a chance to leap ahead of the banks....
I've been using Apple Pay with Amex since November, and for the most part it's been fine, although I find using my Apple Watch to be a bit more finicky (not sure if the signal from the Watch isn't strong enough, but it sometimes has trouble at locations where my iPhone has no problem). I'm extremely happy that this has now extended to my CIBC VISA, though, since there's almost nowhere I shop that doesn't take tap-to-pay VISA cards, so I can now use Apple Pay pretty much everywhere. Honestly, for the sake of security, I'll probably make a personal rule that I don't give my business to places that won't accept Apple Pay (aside from sit-down restaurants, I suppose, since none of them seem to take tap-to-pay for some reason).