McDonald's in Bishop Auckland (England) has an Apple Pay sticker in the drive-thru payment window today...
I was speaking to a lady at RBS the other day and she said that they have been told to tell everyone to upgrade to iOS 8.4, there is a switch on at Apple's end that then will allow Apple to be switched on remotely.Will we need a software update on the iPhone before we use Apple Pay?
Oh, good. I am ready to be switched on!I was speaking to a lady at RBS the other day and she said that they have been told to tell everyone to upgrade to iOS 8.4, there is a switch on at Apple's end that then will allow Apple to be switched on remotely.
Haha, kinky.Oh, good. I am ready to be switched on!
Contactless has all the benefits of oyster and also the added convenience of not having to top it up or add travel cards all the time. People are just used to using it and will surely only be used by the minority and will gradually be phased out in time.... or maybe just used by tourists.
Those places disabled it because they had pre-existing exclusivity agreements, not because they hate contactless (with the exception of Walmart, but they hate cards altogether). That said, there do seem to be some retailers that aren't bothering to turn NFC on at the same time that they turn chip on (e.g. Target).
When I spoke to a manager in Sainsbury's he said there old POS software was the main reason and that when all the stores are upgraded with the new one, they should be able to turn it on.Oh, we have retailers like that in the UK, too. Like Sainsbury's - who've have contactless-capable terminals in their stores for a couple of years, but can't be bothered to enable them, despite virtually all of their competitors accepting contactless cards now.
Either they're technologically inept or there's something sinister going on - probably a combination of the two.
Sainsbury's have a lot of card readers that can use NFC, however the software on the tills is not comparable. New software is being rolled out in their smaller stores, then next year they will be rolled out in their bigger stores. Once this is complete NFC will be enabled.Oh, we have retailers like that in the UK, too. Like Sainsbury's - who've have contactless-capable terminals in their stores for a couple of years, but can't be bothered to enable them, despite virtually all of their competitors accepting contactless cards now.
Either they're technologically inept or there's something sinister going on - probably a combination of the two.
When I spoke to a manager in Sainsbury's he said there old POS software was the main reason and that when all the stores are upgraded with the new one, they should be able to turn it on.
Oh, we have retailers like that in the UK, too. Like Sainsbury's - who've have contactless-capable terminals in their stores for a couple of years, but can't be bothered to enable them, despite virtually all of their competitors accepting contactless cards now.
Either they're technologically inept or there's something sinister going on - probably a combination of the two.
When I spoke to a manager in Sainsbury's he said there old POS software was the main reason and that when all the stores are upgraded with the new one, they should be able to turn it on.
Sainsbury's have a lot of card readers that can use NFC, however the software on the tills is not comparable. New software is being rolled out in their smaller stores, then next year they will be rolled out in their bigger stores. Once this is complete NFC will be enabled.
But aren't Sainsburys using more-or-less the same NCR check-out software that Tesco and M&S have? Both of which accept contactless! It seems to me that this should be a rather simple upgrade, not something that should take years!
I'd imagine upper management met and they came to the conclusion the general public is not ready for NFC payments in their stores yet as they likely concluded we are stupid.
I like the big screened payment systems in the US. I wish they would bring those here.
Do you think that they'll enable this at midnight on Monday night, or are we going to have to wait until 4-5pm on Tuesday evening?
Personally I think Apple will enable it at Midnight so people can start adding their qualifying credit/debit cards to allow people to use it for the first time Tuesday morning and also take pressure off the banking network. If Apple announced a 4PM activation time etc I think it'd crash under the pressure.
You only have to look at the recent IT woes from the RBS Group to see it wouldn't make sense!
Yeah come on Hong (K)ong Shankhai Banking Corporation. More 'British' banks please.
TSB anyone?
Oh, we have retailers like that in the UK, too. Like Sainsbury's - who've have contactless-capable terminals in their stores for a couple of years, but can't be bothered to enable them, despite virtually all of their competitors accepting contactless cards now.
Either they're technologically inept or there's something sinister going on - probably a combination of the two.
don't worry macdonalds is open late, opens early and possibly 24hrs in most places
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I've got a 24 hour one about 2 minutes walk away. Guess where I'm going first...![]()