If you ask your bank in The Netherlands, they will only answer:
“Currently Apple didn’t release Apple Pay in The Netherlands. We are following further developments closely.”
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Apple Pay is Coming Soon to Austria, Portugal, Slovakia, Slovenia, Estonia, Greece, Romania, and Luxembourg
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“Currently Apple didn’t release Apple Pay in The Netherlands. We are following further developments closely.”
Terminals can be set up to refuse tap payments from foreign banks or certain credit cards generally because there’s a higher processing fee. Even here in Toronto where Apple Pay is widely accepted, my American Express on Apple Pay is still sometimes rejected. American Express at those stores must be inserted with chip & PIN.
Official Apple Pay support in Portugal will bring down those instances since banks will support Apple Pay directly, not just through indirect compatibility through tap payments.
No. He just recycles was has been in the news. This is a quote from the Dutch Payment Association (“Betaalvereniging Nederland”), the national shame of this country.
Yes we do have money left. So much money in fact that we pay 40€ extra for a new iPad mini 5 compared to the price in Sweden.
It should be a single bank decision, but with shared platforms like iDeal and tikkie, it's more or less a shared decision in practice. There may also be some no-compete things with iDeal and Tikkie but that's speculation.
Also the advantage of supporting Apple Pay in Holland is almost non-existent for banks, it just cuts into their profit. Mostly because it would be replacing contactless cards (which nearly everybody has in Holland) instead of in other countries where it replaces old-style cards where you have to put your card in the machine and type in your pin every transaction.
You mean Apple is greedier than the banks? LOL
<ironic>I think bankers who get money from the central european bank for almost 0% interest and then lend it to people for 10% or more are deeply anti capitalistic and surely altruistic</ironic>
Let me tell you: If Deutsche Bank came to an arrangement with Apple, it can't be Apple that is too greedy!
I always hate stupid comments like this, no I'm not in the banking business but that doesn't mean I can't make EDUCATED guesses. Especially the fact that zero banks in Holland are supporting Apple Pay tells you almost everything you need to know if you have a basic knowledge of how business like this works.
But you supposedly don't have that basic knowledge, which is fine but don't assume that other people can't think on higher levels than you...
I don't think this is the case, when Bunq found a workaround they advertised it through their app and then one day later they stopped with the advertising. Why would a bank that supports ApplePay stop doing so? It probably wasn't their decision to stop. The workaround is still possible but bunq is quite en expensive bank.
Apple Pay costs the user nothing but you probably already knew that. Never let fact spoil a good rant.
Not my experience at all with Apple Pay. Is it yours? I’ve found it cool and very convenient to pay with my watch, confident in Apple’s safeguarding of my personal and financial information, and it doesn’t cost me any more than having to reach for my wallet and pay with cash or a credit card. So what’s the problem?
So, conclusion, it doesn't add much if anything, I am as fast with my card compared to ApplePay.
Cool down, no need to be condescending.
It does although very little, you think vendors/shops and the like won't pass the cost to customers.
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ING is Dutch from origins. Any word about the Netherlands?
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Thanks for the link StructAural. Interesting to read and a shame that Apple’s greed is probably holding it down. The Netherlands are often the playground for introducing new technologies and after being introduced here will roll out to the rest of Europe. I’m still carrying my iPhone around but I’ve come to the point I’m heading for a divorce with all things Apple. I’m not to blame here but it’s all on apple’s part. Stagnant hard- and software and crippled services together with excessive pricing compared to competitors has made me to take this decision.
Apple is transforming away from my needs since 2012. It’s a hard decision for me because I really loved this brand. But staying with Apple is not an option. I want to stay competitive with my business and want to stay state of the art.
Like every divorce this won’t come cheap because all my soft- and hardware investments were based on Apple.
Don’t blame me, blame Cook. He is the one doing its best to kill the business away.
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In Austria it’s alsoErste Group
Apple Pay appears to be on the cusp of another European expansion, with upcoming availability in at least seven additional countries.
Mobile banking service N26 today on its Twitter account announced that Apple Pay will soon be available in Estonia, Greece, Portugal, Slovakia, and Slovenia, one day after revealing that Apple Pay is coming soon to Austria. Likewise, ING Bank has announced that Apple Pay is coming soon to Romania.
Slovakian bank Slovenská sporite??a confirmed that it will start supporting Apple Pay later this year, as reported by Aktuality.sk.
Apple Pay has been gradually expanding across Europe and the Middle East, including Belgium and Kazakhstan in November, Germany in December, and Czech Republic and Saudi Arabia last month. Apple said the service, which debuted in the U.S. in October 2014, will be available in over 40 regions by the end of 2019.
(Thanks, André and Aurel!)
Article Link: Apple Pay is Coming Soon to Austria, Portugal, Slovakia, Slovenia, Estonia, Greece, and Romania
Try paying with Apple Pay set to a foreign bank's debit card or American Express. VISA tap is virtually accepted world wide wherever tap is accepted.
When ApplePay is officially supported, any card will work and Portuguese citizens will be able to join Apple Pay with their local banks.
Based on their ability to launch products and services in over 150 other countries?
Wallet? What wallet? I used to carry a debit card just in case but I can't remember the last time I've seen it. It's in a drawer at home. Same with my keys. August lock lets me in when I get home. Sometimes I just leave the house with my Apple Watch, not even my iPhone.
Doubt it. The Netherlands doesn’t want to agree to something a ton of other countries agreed.
Let's hold on for a minute here...
Banks that operate in Portugal is the key word. Not Portuguese banks, unfortunately
Contactless payments on Apple devices, which MBWay doesn't allow. But you are right, it is somewhat a competing system.
Well, I'm not aware of their service quality, but it seems they're a service similar to the likes of Revolut, Wirex, etc, so they're most likely legit
But that's the thing, this is very different from being able to actually use Apple Pay in Portugal with Portuguese banks. These are somewhat misleading news.
Banks that operate in Portugal is the key word. Not Portuguese banks, unfortunately
Contactless payments on Apple devices, which MBWay doesn't allow. But you are right, it is somewhat a competing system.
Well, I'm not aware of their service quality, but it seems they're a service similar to the likes of Revolut, Wirex, etc, so they're most likely legit
But that's the thing, this is very different from being able to actually use Apple Pay in Portugal with Portuguese banks. These are somewhat misleading news.Basically the only reason I carry a wallet is for my I.D./driver's license.
