Why is it so strange for you? Using Touch ID on my MBP is easier than using iDEAL.
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Apple Pay Support Coming to Dutch Bank de Volksbank and Its Subsidiaries
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Why is it so strange for you? Using Touch ID on my MBP is easier than using iDEAL.
I get what you're saying, but it seriously is not an issue. Customers laws and regulators are strict on this (in Western-Europe).
Additionally, the risk of sitting in a train and some stranger next to you reading your card... it's extremely unlikely that that will happen. First of all, you'd likely notice. Secondly, thieves need the right equipment. Thirdly, the chance of the thieves getting caught is extremely high since every transaction is traceable. Any thief using this method to earn some money is a fool, because they nearly always get caught in the end.
I get where your fear is coming from, but in this case it's unnecessary.
Finally, a last comment on the costs 'that we all end up paying in the end'. I'm willing to bet that Apple Pay costs the banking customer way more in (indirect) costs than people being scammed out of €50.
Those reimbursement costs for banks are very low. How low?
- Most recent data has shown that there have been zero successful scamming attempts ('sitting next to someone and than losing some money')
- In regards to fraud (stolen or lost banking cards being used for these contactless payments): fraud has in fact gone down and in the remaining cases the amount of damage done turns out to be lower
So contrary to what you might fear, compared to payments done with pin code, actual real world numbers show that fraud goes down, the number of people being scammed goes down, banking costs go down and ease of usability goes up.
Fair enough, haven't thought about TouchId on a MBP, but then again, there aren't that many sites using A.P. in The Netherlands.
Why didn’t you vote with your wallet to move as much of your business as possible to the bank that actually cared about what you wanted?
I should note, as for here in Switzerland, the NFC terminal system is pretty extensive (the banks here, in a fit of collusion keep pushing their Twint system and generally keep blocking debit and normal credit cards from Apple Pay, although that has improved somewhat in the past 2 years).
i don’t know about domesticity issued cards, but with a US issued AMEX card I’ve been able to buy items with ApplePay IIRC in excess of 200CHF with no problem.
i don’t know about domesticity issued cards, but with a US issued AMEX card I’ve been able to buy items with ApplePay IIRC in excess of 200CHF with no problem.
And 2 months later they still havent implemented it… ? seems they think we haven’t waited long enough. Super happy a sustainable bank will support it but why is taking so extremely long?! Other banks that announce it usually have it up and running within 6 weeks… this is crazy
I was and still am in the same situation, but taking my business to another bank would have meant doing business with a less sustainable bank, that finances unsustainable energy sources, the production of weapons, and more forms of business I do not want to support. Hence me being a customer of the ASN bank. Unfortunately that also means waiting longer for Apple Pay... So I had a secondary account someplace else just to be able to use Apple Pay. I'm happy that soon I can close that account.