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Apple Pay Doubled Mobile Wallet Transactions at Walgreens, Accounted for 50% of Tap-to-Pay Purchases at McDonald's
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Professor is the first one to crap in each and every thread.. Just check his posting history.... I suspect he likes to inflame things a tad bit....
He is too emotional about Apple fans enjoying anything.
Two of my cards have a chip, one is Chip & PIN, other is Chip & Sig. All of my cards have PayPass or payWave. The US isn't too far behind.
Surely not all US cards have one but most new credit cards issued or if you get a replacement card has one now. My USAA credit is Chip and PIN, and I got my Bank of America debit replaced and the new card has a Chip.
So is any part of the transaction unique to Apple compared to other NFC transactions?
Yeah, and what makes it different to "pay pass"..?So is any part of the transaction unique to Apple compared to other NFC transactions?
To be fair, at least he participates in various kinds of discussions. Some people comment exclusively to complain about Apple or Apple fans- they never take a positive or neutral stance on anything.
I'm assuming the other 50% of mobile payments at Mcdonalds is Google Wallet. Congratz to both Apple and Google.
I don't have (nor want) an iPhone, but am happy to see Apple Pay doing so well since it will only help out NFC adoption at retailers. I use Google Wallet and so far, so good.
Death to MCX!
Death to MCX!
The best package and ease of use of Apple products. We all know most are using it and know about it because of Apple.
Forgive my ignorance, but how is "tokenization"
Impacts the sales and usage of iPhone 6 and + for that matter.
Tokenization protects the identity of the card holder, and the card information itself from data breaches.
Apple Pay - really
its a get marketing feature but that is about it work no where shop and yes i have 6 plus and going tone returning it .
its a get marketing feature but that is about it work no where shop and yes i have 6 plus and going tone returning it .
It will take longer, but at some point these places went from not taking credit cards to accepting them. Now a place that doesn't take credit cards either is a little niche place or a place that won't succeed.
I would love to see Apple develop some tech to make it easier for tiny merchants, maybe like people with booths at a farmers market, to accept NFC payments. Square and others allow you to make swipe payments anywhere you can take an iPad or iPhone. But yet there are some places you would expect this to be implemented that it's not. I was at a high school basketball game about three years ago and out of cash. The concession stand didn't take any credit cards. I didn't understand why knowing how easy Square is. I would've gladly paid the 3 percent surcharge. I'm guessing none of the parents running the thing knew about this, which seemed crazy at such a big school. That's theowing money away.
Its funny, I never thought I'd care much for apple pay but now I purposely only look for Chevron gas stations to get gas and a snack/drink. I only go to Walgreens now instead of the Rite Aid which is closer to me. I know its dumb, but paying with my phone gives me a nerdy satisfaction.
I never use apple pay. I want less dependence on my phone, not more. Apple phones are now tapped into users health with HealthKit, homes with home integration, and now credit spending.
You need to go back to school pal! lol!
Try 100 x 0.5 (50%)
Now try 100 x 2 (doubling..)
If you're getting the same number can I borrow $1000 and I'll pay you back double!
I'll admit it, I took the kids to McDonald's when I first got my iPhone 6 Plus just so I could test out the Apple Pay. I also switched to using Walgreens which is across from the CVS that I used to use just because of Apple Pay. It was partly the novelty of it.
