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Apple Pay Now Supports Citizens Bank, E-Trade Bank and Over 40 Other U.S. Issuers

ArtOfWarfare said:
How much longer will you be using those for?

I definitely will not be investing money in a new gasoline based car. If the one I have now (a 2004 Buick at 180K miles) gives up on me, I'll be finding another junker to hold me over until affordable electric cars hit the market in ~2 years.
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I hope that you're right, but I think we're still 6-8 years out on the cost/benefit tilting towards electric on the new car side, and about 10-12 years out on the used side. Those batteries are still expensive, and I think it'll be a new technology (Graphene Supercapacitors) that will make this a viable technology in terms of cost/time benefit.
 
JeffyTheQuik said:
I know this is little help, but when they do get in Canada, the number of shops that accept it will make you have the opposite problem that we're having south of the border here. (in the US)
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I wonder if Apple Pay (or any phone based payment system for that matter) is even that popular in the US. There's a 60+ page UK Apple Pay thread somewhere on MacRumors, for instance, while this thread isn't as active as similar threads have been in the past. I know MacRumors isn't the be all end all of the Apple community online but this site does seem to trend towards early adopters, so you'd think there'd be a bit more discussion on it from Americans than there has been.

The other alternative is that tons of Americans are using it successfully multiple times per day, so there's no need to post constant updates. Hopefully that's the case.
 
JeffyTheQuik said:
I hope that you're right, but I think we're still 6-8 years out on the cost/benefit tilting towards electric on the new car side, and about 10-12 years out on the used side. Those batteries are still expensive, and I think it'll be a new technology (Graphene Supercapacitors) that will make this a viable technology in terms of cost/time benefit.
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Musk says he'll be unveiling a new $35000 (pre-tax break) car that goes 200 miles on a full charge in March, with the first cars to be rolling out in 2017.

Of course, the age of owning an electric car will be short lived. Sometime between 2018 and 2020 cars will become fully autonomous and owning your own car will be silly - most people will just hail autonomous cars via Uber or a similar service. Don't have to pay the driver because it's a machine. Fuel and maintenance are a lot cheaper than they are with an ICE. It'll be more convenient than owning it yourself (someone else will clean it, someone else will figure out where to store it, etc.)
 
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My credit union is now on that list, but when I tried to add my VISA debit card, Passbook says it's not supported yet. Guess I need to wait. Maybe the bank hasn't flipped the switch yet. :rolleyes:
 
JeffyTheQuik said:
I know this is little help, but when they do get in Canada, the number of shops that accept it will make you have the opposite problem that we're having south of the border here. (in the US)
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Exactly. I live in Canada, and I use tap-to-pay pretty much everywhere with my credit card, many times a week. A lot of businesses already accept contactless payments here, and most credit and debit cards issuers too. All we need is for Apple Pay to arrive...
 
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I contacted my bank, which is now on the list, and their response is, "We are in the process of implementing Apple Pay but we are no live yet. We hope to be soon."

So it seems being on the list doesn't necessarily mean they are supporting it now. :rolleyes:
 
ArtOfWarfare said:
How much longer will you be using those for?
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A while, unfortunately. I'm going to drive my current 2003 Acura into the ground, but I seriously doubt I'll be able to afford an electric vehicle when that happens. Complicating matters, living in a relatively rural area the only all-electric that's even close to practical as an only-car is a Tesla, so I'll end up with either a plug-in hybrid at best, or a back-up gasoline junker.

Putting down the Volt (or other plug-in hybrids) is pretty narrow-minded, though. If you charge regularly, the Volt and other plug-in hybrids with 20-40 miles of all-electric range are absolutely capable of handling daily commuting without using any gasoline at all, and don't require a back-up means of transportation for road trips. It's not perfect, but it's extremely practical in the short-to-medium term.

If I could afford it, a fuel-cell hydrogen vehicle would be nice, of course--we built a hydrogen fueling station where I work and have been driving a Toyota prototype for years, so I can vouch for practicality and actually can get gas--but even the new lease-only Hyundai is pretty expensive.

Of course, none of that is relevant to where I can use ApplePay now. By the time I'm driving an electric vehicle, NFC may well be ubiquitous in the US, but right now, as of today, I still can't buy gas with ApplePay.

...unless I have an electric vehicle, ironically. All of the commercial charging locations locally accept NFC credit cards, and I even tested to confirm ApplePay works at one (even though I don't have anything to charge there).
 
Issuers are greated to be apple but we need to get more retailers on board with accepting it.
I seek out and patronize businesses who support it.
 
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