Apple Pay Gains Support for BJ's Wholesale Club Credit Cards and 66 New U.S. Issuers

[JeffyTheQuik]

Im in favour of anyone supporting BJ's.

That's BJ's Wholesale Club.

I've been getting mine retail for so long now.

I have had my iPhone 6s Plus for more than 2 weeks and I have not been to a store that supports it yet. I tried it in homedepot but did not work. They said others have used it but it did not work for me. Could my phone have a problem?

If you live in Everett, WA, and went to the Home Depot there, then nothing is wrong with your phone. Mine didn't work there either.

 

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[ipedro]

Support for ApplePay is steadily improving in Toronto. Just last week, I was having trouble finding anyone to accept it — even at McDonald's which is an official supporter with their logo on Apple's Canadian ApplePay site. I'd know it wouldn't work because whenever the cashier would select American Express, it would only prompt to "Swipe or Insert chip" for payment — no tap option.
This week, doing some Christmas shopping, I tried it at several stores and restaurants. Toys R Us worked. The kid at the cash was blown away that I just paid with my iPhone but then called her manager to make sure I wasn't hacking the system and walking out with $300 worth of toys. Subway sandwiches worked. Starbucks worked. KFC read my ApplePay which said "done" on my iPhone but then said "declined, payment method not accepted" on their terminal. Then Shopper's Drugmart worked at a location that last week didn't.
Moneris and Global Solutions are both aggressively pushing their merchants to support ApplePay. Moneris says that over 80% of its terminals are ready for ApplePay. Merchants just need to request to turn it on. That's encouraging.

 

[macnewbie91]

Support for ApplePay is steadily improving in Toronto. Just last week, I was having trouble finding anyone to accept it — even at McDonald's which is an official supporter with their logo on Apple's Canadian ApplePay site. I'd know it wouldn't work because whenever the cashier would select American Express, it would only prompt to "Swipe or Insert chip" for payment — no tap option.
This week, doing some Christmas shopping, I tried it at several stores and restaurants. Toys R Us worked. The kid at the cash was blown away that I just paid with my iPhone but then called her manager to make sure I wasn't hacking the system and walking out with $300 worth of toys. Subway sandwiches worked. Starbucks worked. KFC read my ApplePay which said "done" on my iPhone but then said "declined, payment method not accepted" on their terminal. Then Shopper's Drugmart worked at a location that last week didn't.
Moneris and Global Solutions are both aggressively pushing their merchants to support ApplePay. Moneris says that over 80% of its terminals are ready for ApplePay. Merchants just need to request to turn it on. That's encouraging.

Meanwhile in America, businesses are doing their usual whining and groaning about the fact that they even have to buy terminals that accept EMV payments.