Wait what? I've been using my Barclays MasterCard with a Apple Pay for a while..or is this the Twilight Zone?
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Barclays Confirms it Will Launch Apple Pay by Late March
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I also received an email from Ashok Vaswani in answer to my own query on the matter, but on 24th January which stated exactly the same "60 - 75 days". Since this is a gap of 12 days, I would have expected my email to say, '60 - 63 days'
It does work. I used it before on my MC on my Apple Watch.
Why would Barlcays have this link up if it doesn't work:
https://www.barclaycardus.com/servicing/applePay
Even at the top it says:
"
Apple Pay is available with all Barclaycard US-branded and most partner-branded MasterCard®and Visa® Cards. Enjoy a new innovative, secure way to make purchases."
The Co-Operative Bank are considering the idea (or seem to):
We are making significant investment to improve our mobile and online banking services and as part of this, we are actively considering a range of electronic payment solutions that are available in market. We are not in a position to announce these plans at this moment in time, but we will let our customers know once new services are available.
If you're a resident of the US then it's probable you've been using your Barclays MasterCard in conjunction with Apple Pay; if you attempt to add a card in the Wallet app here in the UK you get the obligatory "Your Card Issuer..." message.
You sound like a typical complainant from any bank. Banks will always reimburse you the cost of calls if requested.
I live in Spain and I was misinformed by Barclays with regards to making some account details. I made specific preparations to come to the UK to visit a branch and it transpired the trip wasn't necessary. Barclays reimbursed both my hotel and flights.
In addition, I travel often between many countries and my card has only ever been blocked when I've not informed them of a specific pattern.
I think it's all about how you deal with a situation plus avoiding the horrific Indian call centre. Just insist on talking to somebody in Coventry. They won't object as they'd probably get sacked if a complaint is made directly against them.
Yeah I realized that after the fact. The article
Yeah, I realized that after the fact. And no, I don't think the US is the only country in the world.
Have you tried "losing" your card? That said, my girlfriend (who's with NatWest) had a debit card that didn't have contactless and she just called them and asked for one. They sent it right away!
Pity it took them so long compared to all the other banks. HSBC was a month late with their roll out but at least this is lining up all the top UK banks up with the availability of using Apple Pay.
I'm confused. I've been able to use my Barclays MasterCard with pay for over a year now. But the novelty wore off pretty quick, so now I only use it if I happen to forget my wallet.
Edit: Oops, nevermind, I'm in US and the article seems to be referring only to Barclays in UK.
Edit: Oops, nevermind, I'm in US and the article seems to be referring only to Barclays in UK.
Was it really worth losing all the customers, Barclays? I left ages ago, purely because of Apple Pay. Stupid business decision by them.
How about that Canada place? I'm not tempted enough to get an American Express card just to use it here.
Well too late Barclays... Moved over to Lloyds this weekend. Just got an Apple Watch and iPhone 6s Plus and soooo desperate to have Apple Pay.
Oh Barclays have realised that people don't want stickers on their phones or buy overpriced key fobs, after all this time I have changed banks, and am not going back to the again
Used to be kind of happy with Barclays but there are no reasons to stay with them:
In fact, this very next week I'll just move to Nationwide:
It would just take 7 days and everything will be redirected for you (I guess you just have to change the card details on some website). Therefore just switch to follow the best bank, so they'll be forced to offer a better service if they want their customers to stick with them.
Bye bye Barclays, see you in few years (MAYBE!).
- Reduced the interest rate on my ISA account
- Lack of split Help to Buy: ISA (I'm not a student, I can save more than £200 a month, so...)
- No interests on my current account
- This Apple Pay support delay was simply ridiculous
In fact, this very next week I'll just move to Nationwide:
- Mainly for their "split" Help to Buy: ISA with a very good interest rate
- £100 (!!) if I switch because of a friend's referral
- Interests on current account
- And yes, they support Apple Pay for months now
It would just take 7 days and everything will be redirected for you (I guess you just have to change the card details on some website). Therefore just switch to follow the best bank, so they'll be forced to offer a better service if they want their customers to stick with them.
Bye bye Barclays, see you in few years (MAYBE!).
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My point wasn't about the bank; it was about the lack of support for actually using Apple Pay, at least here in the US.
I have plenty of choices of banks to use to fund Apple Pay. But it does me no good because I have only been able to use Apple Pay once.
Mike
That's something that in time will change in the US as new card machines are rolled out.
Apple are also rumoured to be releasing peer to peer Apple Pay, I wouldn't bet against this being rolled out in iOS 10 / iOSX.
I'm glad Barclays are now adding support. I have a barclaycard, and just this last two weeks had £4,000 worth of fraudulent transactions on it..
I was on holiday, so didn't notice it happening myself. Barclaycard picked up on it. If I was home, I'd have noticed cos I check my account every other day.
I never used my card whilst I was away.
Not sure how they got my details though. I can't remember handing my card to anyone. Never used it in a cash machine. Only really use it physically for fuel but I'm sure I normally put it in the reader myself.
I can only think the details were taken online somewhere. Perhaps the Sony hack from a couple of years back, or the carphone warehouse breach (I've used mobiles.co.uk and ID Mobile, both subsidiaries that were affected). I'll make sure I get new cards next time!
