Apple Pay Launches in Vietnam, Coming Soon to Chile [Update: Now Live in Chile]

[svish]

Good to know. Hoping to see it launch in other countries too

 

[lartola]

Good luck for all the international traveller's. I was recently in the Philippines and Apple Pay didn't work anywhere. No banks support Apple Pay, but I was guaranteed that international banks Apple Pay WOULD work. Such a hassle afer being so used to paying via phone and watch.

It’s supposed to work so long as there is contactless payment and the card you’re trying to use is accepted. However, it looks like one of those two conditions was missing in the philippines.

 

[lartola]

You left out the biggest retailer ….Amazon.
More retailers would be on board if Apple lowered their fees.

Retailers don’t pay Apple any fees, the card issuers do to let their cardholders add their cards to wallet. Also, Amazon is an online retailer and supporting apple pay online is a whole different story. Nonetheless, Amazon does allow apple pay partially: they don’t accept it themselves, but they do allow 3rd party sellers using their platform to accept apple pay if they want to.

 

[kerr]

Shouldn't MacRumors be using an iPhone Pro in all images (ie. smallest notch)?

 

[bLackjackj]

Good luck for all the international traveller's. I was recently in the Philippines and Apple Pay didn't work anywhere.

Except Starbucks. 👍

 

[arkitect]

It’s supposed to work so long as there is contactless payment and the card you’re trying to use is accepted. However, it looks like one of those two conditions was missing in the philippines.

Correct.

I was in Chile a couple months ago and contactless using my iPhone was the way to go… very little cash changed hands. Same in Buenos Aires.

 

[bLackjackj]

It’s supposed to work so long as there is contactless payment and the card you’re trying to use is accepted.

They were both met. Obviously contact payments, as it accepted with a tone and others were using contact and contactless. Yes, a Mastercard so both conditions met. In all instances the transaction failed. Some unknown error. No staff in any stores and major stores even understand these types of payments. The quisitive looks all the time. Out of about 9 transactions, the only one that worked was Starbucks.

 

[weckart]

No matter the country, HSBC is still lagging behind 🙃

Are they? ApplePay has been running in the UK for years, HSBC included.

 

[PhoenixDown]

So if I am traveling internationally.... {snip}

edit to fix: Be sure to choose local currency, not USD for the best price. Most credit cards have a better exchange rate than the merchant.

 

[surfzen21]

Be sure to choose local currency, not USD for the best price. Even if your card does not have a FTF (foreign transaction fee), the merchant will apply it if you choose USD as the payment currency instead of local currency.

Good tip.

Thanks

 

[PhoenixDown]

@surfzen21 -- sorry I should correct myself, the merchant will use their own exchange rate if you pick USD and in most cases the exchange rate is better on your credit card, esp if you are using a travel card like the Chase Sapphire. Its not FTF like I said. Sorry coffee hasn't kicked in yet.

 

[surfzen21]

@surfzen21 -- sorry I should correct myself, the merchant will use their own exchange rate if you pick USD and in most cases the exchange rate is better on your credit card, esp if you are using a travel card like the Chase Sapphire. Its not FTF like I said. Sorry coffee hasn't kicked in yet.

I know when I went to Canada a handful of years ago, and paid in US currency, in cash, I was getting screwed. 🥲

It seems if there is a way to take advantage of a strong dollar compared to a local currency it will be exploited.