I think Macs in future may come with a Touch ID sensor somewhere and a secure element chip which will enable Apple pay. It will be like the iPad though and will only work over online purchases.
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Apple Pay Officially Launches in the United Kingdom Today
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This. I did it where I live on the continent and after activating my U.S. Credit cards, I changed the region back to my local one. All works fine on both my 6 and AW.
Yes, sorry, it is. I'll edit my original post to clarify.
123 Debit Card = Working
123 Credit Card = Not Working
Given the fact Santander show the Santander 123 CC with Apple Pay on their website, I'm sure it'll work later on in the day. MasterCard doesn't seem to have turned their system on yet.
Interesting, where does it show it? I can only see a Santander debit card on the website.
EDIT: Sorry, you're right, I was looking at the Apple site as opposed to the Santander site. The main page does indeed show the 123 Credit Card. Hopefully it'll be available later today.
I feel like I'm waiting up for Santa Claus...
Well tell a lie, I'm in New Zealand. I'm an ex-pat with 4 British banking cards and an iPhone6+.
So I'm not really waiting up. I'm taking a break from work....
My First Direct Visa & Debit Visa both get as far as asking me to accept the T's & C's then report a card issuer problem.
My business HSBC Visa debit just kicks me out as does my loathsome Barclaycard Visa.
Anyone know if Apple Pay allows cards from more than one county of origin in your Wallet?
Just wondering if I'll be able to keep UK CC's alongside NZ CC's when (if ever) it comes to the opposite side of the planet.
The "switch" hasn't even been pushed yet.. so how's that possible (except the region hack, which doesn't allow UK cards)
ref: https://smp-device-content.apple.com/static/region/v2/config.json
You can add UK cards if the region is set to the US one.
No special "participation" is needed by a store, beyond having a contactless terminal that's got a realtime connection for authorization.
Again, any place with the above payment support.
You are correct that Apple Pay is treated as just another contactless payment. There's no such thing as explicit Apple Pay support in a terminal.
There is a new standard for allowing a mobile device to claim that the cardholder was already verified onboard, and thus there's no need to make the buyer use the terminal's PIN pad (or signature pad in some countries like the US), but that's not Apple Pay specific. It's a terminal update that can be used by any compliant mobile payment method.
Contactless transactions are offline only (I think) so for customers with online only Debit cards might not be eligible; however AmEx have stated on their website re: Apple Pay even non-Contactless cards qualify for it. So I could very well be wrong.
I didn't know that if it fails to read your fingerprint (or one that hasn't been assigned to TouchID) it allows you to pay by Passcode. Entered my phone's code and came up with 'Hold Near The Reader.'
This has less use in the U.K. as most places have contactless card payments under £20 anyway (which is really useful). But this is cool I guess.
Trust me, I've been there. Working for a mobile network selling iPhones, setting up customers touch ID's was a nightmare, a bit too touchy feely.
Passbook. After that, each card usually has instructions by it on how to activate. Example: My debit card was an 800 # I had to call, my Citi and Capital One credit cards were similar.
NatWest debit added (my debit is a non-contactless too.) I need to verify it though, and NatWest's Apple Pay verification phone number is claiming to have "technical issues" right now .. grrr!
