Considering that majority of people always carry their phones in hand.
no wonder people get cracked screens.
Considering that majority of people always carry their phones in hand.
..... Have had a fairly protracted conversation with Westpac today and it seems as though they have no plans to supportpay
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ApplePay is infinitely more useful in Australia, Canada, and the UK when cards are loaded into the iPhone than it is here in the U.S. I have every single Amex and Visa card I own linked to ApplePay and almost nowhere to use ApplePay except for fast food joints. And Apple's big news is that Dominos, KFC, Chili's and Cinnabon will be supporting ApplePay soon. Great...even more places to use the technology that my waistline doesn't need.
On November 4 Westpac said this on Twitter:
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Westpac Bank @Westpac Nov 4
@pasavito Hi Tony, once Apple Pay is released in Australia, we'll let our customers know when it'll become available with us. Thanks Michael
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If Westpac don't have Apple Pay by the time my card fee is up ill cancel the card.
I am seriously ticked off over the fact the the big 4 banks in Australia don't support apple pay... Have had a fairly protracted conversation with Westpac today and it seems as though they have no plans to supportpay
oh well guess we will just have to wait...
If it can happen in the UK it can happen anywhereThe banks will never support apple pay. And why should they? There is virtually 0 incentive to do so. NFC is already prevalent here. Apple brings 0 to the table. Apple want a slice of each transaction fee. Why would the banks want to give any of that up???
You've always been able to use Apple Pay anywhere contactless is accepted. I was on holiday in Canada this August and used Apple Pay for most of my purchases. There are also people who've used it in France and other non-Apple Pay markets.
The banks will never support apple pay. And why should they? There is virtually 0 incentive to do so. NFC is already prevalent here. Apple brings 0 to the table. Apple want a slice of each transaction fee. Why would the banks want to give any of that up???
The banks will never support apple pay. And why should they? There is virtually 0 incentive to do so. NFC is already prevalent here. Apple brings 0 to the table. Apple want a slice of each transaction fee. Why would the banks want to give any of that up???
If they don't want to bear the premium of Amex charges then don't accept Amex and I can decide whether to continue to shop there using Visa or cash.
Wouldn't u rather look at it from the other side of things ?
It's not AS much, but lets face it... Apple would charge a lower fee vs say, going via paypal, or others...
I wouldn't exactly frown at this for Apple pay alone.. And if the banks were greedy as u say, then why are allowing this in the first place ?
Two things. Hardly anyone here uses Amex (MC + Visa is about 80% market share, Diners + Amex is about 20%. This includes companion cards issued by banks. Source: RBA) and Paypass/Paywave has really taken off here in a big way.
People here are very used to whipping out their Visa/MC and paying in 2 seconds flat. The US, as I understand it, doesn't have a lot of contactless pay systems and Apple's ApplePay (and Google's whatever) is helping drive adoption of the system so that people's first experience with a contactless system may very well be using a smartphone, and this will shape their future behaviour, i.e. they will always associate quick, contactless payments with a phone, not a card.
Good luck to Apple, but they will have an uphill battle in Australia.
I hope that you are right mate....I find that an odd thing to say considering how well it is doing in the UK. Very popular and we have a very similar infeastructure to Australia. Apple Pay is a great experience you just need more than one bank to make it worthwhile and also a bit of time for retailers to get used to it. I think you will be surprised once it gets going.
The banks will never support apple pay. And why should they? There is virtually 0 incentive to do so. NFC is already prevalent here. Apple brings 0 to the table. Apple want a slice of each transaction fee. Why would the banks want to give any of that up???
Which sorta defeats the purpose because you might have just used Visa/Mastercard from the beginning.
Why did they put a bathroom in the aisle? Odd place to take a bath!We have a Kmart in PA, USA. Actually more than one. I so hate that store. I saw someone (and adult)...I'll say...using the bathroom in the aisle while I was looking for a pair of Dickies. I still have nightmares. lol
Absolutely correct. No incentive to either banks or many people since they do contactless payments with chips in Aussie credit cards already and have been doing so for years. Applepay just gives cool factor of doing on phone what they already do by waving their credit cards now.
The hilarious thing is a coffee shop probably doesn't support Amex.. So... Fail.
No - if they don't take Amex at all it needs to be a compelling proposition for me to continue to purchase there. Being a good coffee shop isn't. Being the only source of Maris Piper potatoes in NSW - I will pay in whatever form they want including small children.