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Apple Pay Now Available in 10,000+ U.S. 7-Eleven Stores

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7-Eleven today announced that Apple Pay and Google Pay are accepted at nearly all of its 10,000+ locations across the United States, following a rollout that began in August.

While many 7-Eleven retail locations have already started accepting Apple Pay, the rollout will continue throughout the month of September until "most U.S. stores" support the payments service.

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"The ability to pay with their smart device gives consumers one more reason to shop at 7-Eleven," said 7-Eleven CDO and CIO Gurmeet Singh of the Apple Pay launch.

7-Eleven also highlighted some of the technology improvements that it has introduced recently, including the 7-Eleven NOW app for placing on-demand orders with Apple Pay as a payment option, the 7Rewards loyalty program that allows customers to earn points for purchases, and the 7-Eleven Bot on Facebook Messenger to allow customers to get quick answers to questions.

Apple CEO Tim Cook first announced in July that Apple Pay support would be coming to 7-11 retail locations in the United States, and the wide availability of Apple Pay at 7-Eleven comes just in time for the launch of Apple's new 2018 iPhones.

To use Apple Pay at 7-Eleven stores, customers will need an iPhone 6, 6s, 6, 7, 8, 6 Plus, 6s Plus, 7 Plus, 8 Plus, SE, or X, and/or a compatible Apple Watch model.

Along with 7-Eleven, popular drugstore chain CVS, once an Apple Pay holdout, is also expected to begin accepting the payments service this fall.

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Too bad Apple can't figure out a way to create a bridge for payments for companies like Walmart. That way you could use Apple Pay at any retailer.
 
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-BigMac- said:
Because I totally make buying decisions based on whether the store offers Apple Pay..
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Hmmm...sarcasm or honesty? I think former. :) If so, I agree. It's just as easy to grab a CC and do the transaction that way.

The only place I would REALLY love to use AP is at gas stations (at the pump), where CC info is ripped off daily from card scammers. But, I've yet to see a pump that takes AP.
 
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It’s not like Apple Pay requires some proprietary equipment. It works on any card reader that supports tap, which is almost everywhere now. I rarely find places that I can’t use it, and I live in Canada, which launched Apple Pay later than US.
 
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Along with 7-Eleven, popular drugstore chain CVS, once an Apple Pay holdout, is also expected to begin accepting the payments service this fall.
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In my experience, most CVS locations already have for at least the last week or two.

JosephAW said:
Too bad Apple can't figure out a way to create a bridge for payments for companies like Walmart. That way you could use Apple Pay at any retailer.
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The real issue is that many/most merchants in the US don't really like cards at all. Fix that and you'll fix a lot of the acceptance issues. (Or wait until there's enough customer demand, but that might be a while.)
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joeblow7777 said:
It’s not like Apple Pay requires requires some proprietary equipment. It works on any card reader that supports tap, which is almost everywhere now. I rarely find places that I can’t use it, and I live in Canada, which launched Apple Pay later than US.
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The bolded part is the issue. Contactless cards aren't currently a thing in the US either, so those can't be used to justify adoption.
 
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One more nudge...

joeblow7777 said:
Seriously? Tap is pretty common in Canada, and I thought that if anything we were behind you guys.
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Quite a few larger places will have the wireless part of the credit card reader disabled just to prevent it. CVS drugstore had it enabled prior to Apple Pay (I had a debit card that had wireless), but they disabled when Apple Pay came out...just cause.

As for being behind us down here...remember we just got chip cards a couple of years ago and thought the new fangled metric system was too radical for us - don't even get me started on our political system. Just think of yourselves as way above us. ;-)

Robert.Walter said:
Walmart is trying to capture the value in a card transaction, that’s why it made its own bastard orphan system.
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Definitely, get that 3% back, but also being able to track buyers through their nonchanging credit card numbers is part of it too.
 
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Because I totally make buying decisions based on whether the store offers Apple Pay..
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I make buying decisions based on tap, thats why I avoid Walmart. I hate spending 20 minutes in a line waiting for everyone to take 5 mins to pay each
[doublepost=1536619510][/doublepost]So... they accept tap.
 
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joeblow7777 said:
Seriously? Tap is pretty common in Canada, and I thought that if anything we were behind you guys.
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The US is generally 10-20 years behind the rest of the world in anything banking related. In fact, chip only really came here a couple of years ago. I'm kinda surprised we even bothered with any form of contactless payment at almost the same time as chip, to be honest; without Apple we very likely would have waited a decade or two as is the usual fashion, or possibly never.

iapplelove said:
Come on cvs, get back on board!
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Try visiting CVS tonight and I suspect you'll be pleasantly surprised.
 
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The biggest shocker to me is that 7/11 still exists.
Just about every 7/11 store I see is now a quick cash loan store or a head shop.
 
dmylrea said:
Hmmm...sarcasm or honesty? I think former. :) If so, I agree. It's just as easy to grab a CC and do the transaction that way.

The only place I would REALLY love to use AP is at gas stations (at the pump), where CC info is ripped off daily from card scammers. But, I've yet to see a pump that takes AP.
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If you live in the mid-Atlantic or Florida, Wawa takes contactless at the pump.

I remember seeing another gas station with the option as well on a road trip, but I can't remember it. Perhaps it was Chevron?

If 7-Eleven allows it at their pumps like Wawa, and I can't imagine them NOT taking it that far since they have a big footprint in Florida and the recent Wawa invasion of the last 5-6 years has impacted them, then other major players may start incorporating contactless in their gas pumps too.
 
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switcher3365 said:
If 7-Eleven allows it at their pumps like Wawa, and I can't imagine them NOT taking it that far since they have a big footprint in Florida and the recent Wawa invasion of the last 5-6 years has impacted them, then other major players may start incorporating contactless in their gas pumps too.
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Many 7-Elevens, at least around here, haven't done any pump upgrades yet. And the one that I found with newer looking pumps had no external contactless readers. YMMV though.
 
tmiw said:
The US is generally 10-20 years behind the rest of the world in anything banking related. In fact, chip only really came here a couple of years ago. I'm kinda surprised we even bothered with any form of contactless payment at almost the same time as chip, to be honest; without Apple we very likely would have waited a decade or two as is the usual fashion, or possibly never.



Try visiting CVS tonight and I suspect you'll be pleasantly surprised.
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Your loss, I guess. To those who don’t use it, I know it doesn’t sound like a big deal, but I have to say that it’s pretty awesome to be able to pay for things with just a wave of your phone, and yes, given the choice between frequenting a store that supports Apple Pay and one that doesn’t, I’d definitely choose the former if all other factors are equal or even near equal.
 
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