Here's Where 'Tap to Pay on iPhone' is Available

[QuarterSwede]

We shop at farmers markets quite a bit and I've never seen anyone use this. I see a lot of the those Square terminals/pads, though.

They likely don’t realize it exists.

One of the subcontractors I use when my team makes a mistake came in one day and told me to tap his phone to pay. Blew me away. He uses Square. It’s literally as easy as the easiest terminals out there.

 

[svish]

Good to know about it. But have been waiting a long time for it to be available in my region. Hopefully it comes soon.

 

[freedomlinux]

That picture...what is paid for in hundredths of a cent?

That's a very interesting question. If we assume that is $ for US Dollars, I can think of a few ways to be charged in fractional cents, but no way to actually pay fractional cents.

1. Buying gasoline, which includes a 9/10th cent fuel tax.
2. Buying things in states that have fractional cents of sales tax. It used to cost me $1.063 for a coffee at the gas station - that rounds down, but it you bought two at a time it rounds up to $2.13!
3. Ordering small electronics components from a warehouse like DigiKey. They might have a fractional cent per each unit, but typically you buy thousands/millions so it's fine.

 

[SnowCrocodile]

We

Well, the text on the screen is not in English, so those may very well not be USD.

No currency that I know has 3 decimal points and is using a $ sign.

 

[fastasleep]

We

No currency that I know has 3 decimal points and is using a $ sign.

The language is Spanish, and from the list of countries listed in the article that support tap to pay that would indicate Chile is the country in question. It's not a decimal point, it's a thousands separator using a decimal comma which is common, and over 20 countries use the "$" symbol, so it wouldn't be surprising if other countries use that combo as well.

$16,122 Chilean Pesos = $16.86 USD

Chilean peso - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

Decimal separator - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

 

[Hank001]

We

No currency that I know has 3 decimal points and is using a $ sign.

 

[SnowCrocodile]

This is not a normal way to display the price. Outside of gas stations nobody is using this in the US.

 

[DailySlow]

Tap to Pay on iPhone continues to expand to additional countries and platforms around the world, with payments company Deluxe being the latest to adopt it.

Small businesses and merchants can offer Tap to Pay on iPhone through Deluxe's app dlxPAY.

Launched in 2022, Tap to Pay on iPhone allows businesses to accept contactless payments on an iPhone, with no additional point-of-sale hardware like a Square Terminal required. The feature allows customers to pay by simply tapping their iPhone or Apple Watch, contactless credit card or debit card, or other contactless payment option on the merchant's iPhone. Payment is securely completed using the same NFC technology behind Apple Pay.

Tap to Pay on iPhone is now available in the following countries:

• Australia
  
• Austria
  
• Brazil
  
• Canada
  
• Chile
  
• Czechia
  
• France
  
• Germany
  
• Ireland
  
• Italy
  
• Japan
  
• The Netherlands
  
• New Zealand
  
• Romania
  
• Sweden
  
• Taiwan
  
• United Arab Emirates
  
• Ukraine
  
• United Kingdom
  
• United States

Here are some major platforms that support Tap to Pay on iPhone:

• Square
• Stripe
• Clover
• Zettle by PayPal
• Venmo
• Chase for Business
• GoDaddy
• Adyen
• Revolut
• Viva
• Zeller

Article Link: Here's Where 'Tap to Pay on iPhone' is Available

I will try it out on Venmo and maybe at the farmer's markets locally - many vendors use square right now - so I will definitely check it out. But on the other hand I will always carry a card or three - also transit on phone is iffy if you lose phone in another part of the city. It's a long walk back to my MacBook to go to "find my" and proceed with mitigation.