I really wish gas stations would start accepting NFC/Apple Pay at the pump (Shell in particular). This is an area that needs contactless payment because so many thief's use credit card skimmers around here.
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CVS Pharmacy Now Accepting Apple Pay in Stores
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Coming from a country where tap to pay (and hence nearly unrestricted adoption of Apple Pay) has been the norm for years, it’s bizarre that this is a newsworthy item. Especially in a first world country.
Louisiana. When I'm buying alcohol some places accept it and some don't. It's not compatible with the Wallet app so I have to open the "LA Wallet" app to access it.
Remember that chipped cards are still quite recent here, and I still run into places that haven't replaced the swipe card readers.
They need to be certified for what’s called EMV Contactless, which is pretty much a chip card in Contactless form (which is what Apple Pay is). Hopefully HD will be done with this process soon.
I see plenty of those here in Arizona. Mobil has an app, Circle K and newer Shell pumps have it right on the pump itself.
It was enabled a month earlier than that, even.
They do elsewhere. The card networks probably thought that they didn't need to for the US (either because they assumed that contactless was permanently dead or because the vast majority of new terminals have the hardware). Obviously that's not the case.
I agree. Retailers should offer contactless payment options and the customer can choose which one they want to use.
Same. Although I hate CVS. I can’t count the times I go to pay for something and they’re short handed. They’re always restocking and have no cashiers. If they do have an attendant, there’s a long line. They’ll wait for most of the line to dissipate THEN call someone over for assistance. It’s one of the worst retail companies in existence, yet somehow it’s always filled with customers. I don’t understand.I guess my boycott of CVS can end. Nice.
Been using ApplePay at my local CVS for at least a year and a half now. Thought all of them did this.
One word... pharmacy. It’s their bread and butter. They don’t care about front store at all.
It’s only residual RX business.
Maverick is Colorado has them at the pump as well. And Costco now has it at the pump too. It’s defintely spreading.
The longer the holdouts continue to hold out, the more ridiculous they look. I think I’m going to send an email to a few local places around me and point that out.
We don't shop CVS. Did they push/promote "CVS Pay" heavily in their stores? It's everywhere in WallyWorld but who knows how much Walmart Pay is used. We use it ALL the time. It's even easier to use since their app now takes advantage of Siri Shortcuts... "Hey Siri... Open Walmart Pay."
The pharmacy in my local Target is run by CVS. I'm guessing the CVS stores inside Target aren't switching?
The terminals at our CVS Target store are like the ones at the regular registers...
Up in Denver some Costco's have the hardware, but it hasn't been activated yet. The one I go to normally doesn't have the hardware at all. In store they have it now, but it doesn't work with non-Visa debit cards yet. My debit bard is a Mastercard and their NFC system refuses to take it. But if I insert the same card in the reader it works just fine. Crap like this is why Apple Pay is so painful.
I'd like a list of the ~1000 most common retailers and see who supports it everywhere, who supports it only on the web, who supports it only in store, and who doesn't support it period.
Does such a chart exist anywhere? Seems like a good thing for MacRumors to put in the Apple Pay roundup, but I don't see anything there. Maybe just a crowdsourced chart on Wikipedia or Google Sheets or something?
Does such a chart exist anywhere? Seems like a good thing for MacRumors to put in the Apple Pay roundup, but I don't see anything there. Maybe just a crowdsourced chart on Wikipedia or Google Sheets or something?