So, you also could've put your NFC enabled debet/credit card in that pocket and then hold it up against the POS, it's faster than using ApplePay, that is, under the limit you can pay without using a PIN.
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...but not at stupid Ingle's markets in the Carolinas - or Publix for that matter.
It's now working at Ingles at least the stores I shop at.
Contact-less payment is literally supported everywhere in the Netherlands, including public toilets and prostitutes (it’s legal here
Off topic, nothing special nowadays, it's legal in many places.
About ApplePay, do you really need it, ApplePay doesn't solve a problem, your debet/credit card works faster than ApplePay below the Limit you have to input your pin, hell, you can even tap and PIN nowadays without inserting the card.
Yes, Apple Pay absolutely solves a problem, which is security. Thieves and scammers cannot get your actual card number, but only a token number. 1000% safer!
Your license also serves a purpose to I.D. who you are in case something happens you when you are alone.
I am fine with pulling out my credit card to make my purchases and I always have my wallet with me when ever I leave my house anyway.
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Thieves always find a way so nothing is 100%.
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I never use Apple Pay. I tried for a while to make myself use it, but I don’t really find it any more convenient than swiping a credit card. I never go out without my wallet. But the real issue for me is lack of support on the merchant side. It’s tiresome asking if Apple Pay is supported and that whole back and forth takes more time than pulling out my wallet and inserting a credit card. So I go for the credit card every time and don’t bother asking. Until Apple Pay (and other such services) are supported by every credit card terminal, gas pump, etc, I see no reason to bother with it.
Who cares? My credit card seems to get compromised at least once a year. I’ve never had to pay for anything. They send me a new card right away. It’s a big fat nothing. Plus the new chip cards are more secure. Apple Pay is definitely the most secure option, but that’s also pretty meaningless when you consider how credit card companies handle fraudulent charges.
Oh, I agree it is more secure, but by how much, the pin and chip isn't much less secure, we've been using it for ages in Europe, yes, there are scams but you as a customer won't lose anything, it's the risk of the banks, no risk for us, the customer.
You don't see a need for it. Many people do. Many people find it useful. Your experience does not equal the entire population's. If you don't want to use it, don't.
That's not normal. I've never been charged a fee for using Apple Pay and I use it all the time.
No. Tokenized transactions have been around in the payments and financial industry since the 2000s long before Apple Pay was released in 2016.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tokenization_(data_security)
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Meh.
The Swedish Swish-solution is a lot better. It connects your account with your mobile phone number. If you want to pay, you need a fairly modern smart phone, but to recieve money you need nothing more than a mobile phone number. A lot of companies now accept Swish as their only payment option. No cards! The limit is $15000, not a limit I reach often. Just this friday, I bought a car for $2800. The seller did not have a compatible phone, but he had connected his number, so I just paid via Swish and he instantly got his money.
I also used my finger to authorize the payment, no pin codes, and I don't have an iPhone or Samsung phone.
The Swedish Swish-solution is a lot better. It connects your account with your mobile phone number. If you want to pay, you need a fairly modern smart phone, but to recieve money you need nothing more than a mobile phone number. A lot of companies now accept Swish as their only payment option. No cards! The limit is $15000, not a limit I reach often. Just this friday, I bought a car for $2800. The seller did not have a compatible phone, but he had connected his number, so I just paid via Swish and he instantly got his money.
I also used my finger to authorize the payment, no pin codes, and I don't have an iPhone or Samsung phone.
You should go back and reread what I posted. I never said it was useless or telling members here they should not use it. I am only speaking for myself and I have other personal reasons which I did not add from my original post.
Actually I don’t use the phone for Apple Pay but rather my watch. The phone doesn’t even come out of my pocket at checkouts.
I would use Apple Pay all the time if more vendors supported the feature. I wish Target, Home Depot, Publix (grocery store in Florida), CVS, Walmart got on board. I know they are not adding Apple Pay because some of them decided to introduce their own version of Payment System in order to gather more information about their customers, but let's be honest Apple Pay (including Samsung and Google options) is the future.
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You should try it again, sounds like Vending machine owner would have charged your CC same fee as well. It is definitely worth it, secure, convenient.
Most people don't find Apple Pay (or any mobile pay) useful. I have yet to see someone pay with the phone (for the first time in my life) for anything and I live in one of the big US metro areas (in the suburbs though - so no car-less students here).
Liked apple pay a LOT more before FaceID required me to press the side button two times which is often a pain to get timed right while also having faceID identify me.
Apple really downgraded Apple Pay with that double side button press, really annoying.
Apple really downgraded Apple Pay with that double side button press, really annoying.
That’s gonna be a big thing that’s going to determine whether or not this prediction actually comes true. We need more major stores actually supporting contactless payment and advertising that they support contactless payment so people actually know that they can do it. I was in an actual Apple store over the weekend and the person ringing up a customer nearby me happen to say ‘are you going to be using Apple Pay today’ and the customer actually said, and this is pretty much a direct quote, “oh I didn’t know you took Apple Pay.”
hello it’s freaking Apple, its their payment system, of course they take it. but if Apple is not actually advertising this system so that people know that even Apple takes Apple Pay, it’s not a big surprise they have no clue who else is taking it since there’s little to no advertising by those other companies.
Banks are probably next on the list. They need to advertise that they support contactless systems, how they secure that it’s you and not me who copied your info when I was ringing up your surf and turf last night etc.
More accurate title would be half of establishments don't or won't take Apple Pay.
Also, never understood why people risk dropping a $1K phone and the added trial and error inconvenience just to make a payment with phone when it can be done simply and fool proof with plastic.
Plus, Amazon Prime Whole Foods hassle free method without check-out process makes Apple Pay obsolete. Shopping will be as convenient as walking into your kitchen and walking out with food/drinks.
https://techcrunch.com/2018/05/15/a...ores-are-coming-to-chicago-and-san-francisco/
Also, never understood why people risk dropping a $1K phone and the added trial and error inconvenience just to make a payment with phone when it can be done simply and fool proof with plastic.
Plus, Amazon Prime Whole Foods hassle free method without check-out process makes Apple Pay obsolete. Shopping will be as convenient as walking into your kitchen and walking out with food/drinks.
https://techcrunch.com/2018/05/15/a...ores-are-coming-to-chicago-and-san-francisco/
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