When? I paid the same price today that I've paid for a long time.
I mean, I know prices can vary by location, so maybe just the one(s) near you?
I'm not holding my breath. Some days I expect Uzbekistan to get ApplePay before we do.Canada, please? Pretty, pretty please?
Yeah, the world will switch to cryptocurrency at the same time we all move to Linux.
Idealists never get their way in the real world you know.
I'm soooo confused.
ApplePay is set up to work on ANY terminal that supports NFC.
It does not require "launches", "team ups", or "pilot programs".
Wtf is this article even about???
I don't think I agree with you 100%. McDonalds has had Apple Pay since the beginning, are you saying that they are not a large retailer? Or are you saying that it will take longer to train people at other retailer than the time it took at train at McDonalds?
Oct 1st has come and gone, we are all supposed to be on EMV. I don't see why it is so difficult for companies to integrate the new devices. Based on my shopping experience, even at stores that has not had the chance to properly train their employee (but have the system in place already), employee can typically figure out how to work it in about a minute.
As for the smaller business, its even easier. Square (and similar product) offers a simple device for both chip and signature, as well as NFC.
I personally think this is just companies trying to get away with things, because change take time and money. Frankly, if the new rule about credit card fraud wasn't put in place, I bet we will never see EMV, at least never in the US. This is just how most of the American companies are, greedy and slow to react to anything. They like to count the trees, but they never bother to look at the forest.
The retail rollout is. So. Slow
It does not even work half the time and Panera now. And they were featured at the launch
At, it now does not work at Home Depot
The whole retail expansion plan is a mess. I hope Apple Execs understand this. If they don't, this thing is going to fail
A person with an iPhone using it to pay at Starbucks while surfing the web on his macbook. It's the most concentrated specific version of a hipster I can conjure. ^_^
Does this mean that CurrentC is finally dead? What I mean by that is - are we finally at the point where no one is intentionally blocking Apple Pay because they want you to use some other technology? This would be a good thing as it will finally let the consumer decide instead of some exec in a board room.
A person with an iPhone using it to pay at Starbucks while surfing the web on his macbook. It's the most concentrated specific version of a hipster I can conjure. ^_^
You'll probably get asked the tip before the card gets run though that's not 100% guaranteed; even chip and signature seemingly allows tip to be added after the fact at some places. PIN is the only situation I've found so far that reliably can't have tip updated afterward.
The pay-at-the-table option in Chili's is more interesting to me than Starbucks. If I can start paying at restaurants without waiting for the check, that would be a pretty big added value - especially if there was a nice easy way to split the check.
Now at Chili's, it will be easier to stiff the servers. They have already put in their terminals where you can reorder drinks and get dessert. You can pay with the existing terminals, but now you can just click and go that much quicker.
When I do go there, the first thing I do is put the terminal at the back of the table. If I'm expected to tip, I want full service. The servers tend to push their use, hoping that you will play some games...incremental income...I'm not going there...
I think it's because US card terminals are mostly not set up for NFC payments. They don't even have chip-and-pin in most cases. Poor backwards them haha
funny to read how slow the takeup is in the US. SInce Apple Pay was introduced here in the UK, I have been using it on day one in 80-90% of the places I shop at, including independent shops, restaurants, the Tube... Without a pre-existing standardized contactless infrastructure, Apple Pay will not take off anywhere, and that is I think why Apple are holding off launching into more countries. The immediate success in the UK and the disastrous slow takeup in the US speak of themselves.
This is probably the main reason we're going chip and signature in the US. It's all pointless anyway since all of your information is still out there the moment you pay for something over the phone or online.
I have been eagerly waiting to see how this is implemented. I've had a few restaurants offer pay at the table solutions using Square and the like. And I'm not a fan really, because it rushes the dining experience I've come to expect. It would be nice if they could just leave an NFC tray on the table with the receipt and the customer can just tap whenever they like and leave it sitting there, just like now.
It's been a while since I've been in a chili's, but it sounds like their solution is to have a permanent POST at the table with the bill being rung up elsewhere, and then pay at the table whenever. That solution at least leaves the dining experience intact, but I can't say I'd be happy with a payment terminal sitting on the table the entire meal. Then again, it's Chili's. I'd expect a better experience at a nicer restaurant.
Now at Chili's, it will be easier to stiff the servers. They have already put in their terminals where you can reorder drinks and get dessert. You can pay with the existing terminals, but now you can just click and go that much quicker.
When I do go there, the first thing I do is put the terminal at the back of the table. If I'm expected to tip, I want full service. The servers tend to push their use, hoping that you will play some games...incremental income...I'm not going there...
Now at Chili's, it will be easier to stiff the servers. They have already put in their terminals where you can reorder drinks and get dessert. You can pay with the existing terminals, but now you can just click and go that much quicker.
When I do go there, the first thing I do is put the terminal at the back of the table. If I'm expected to tip, I want full service. The servers tend to push their use, hoping that you will play some games...incremental income...I'm not going there...