Lowe's Retail Stores Now Accept Apple Pay

[MacRumors]

Lowe's home improvement stores across the United States have finally started accepting Apple Pay. Apple Pay has been available in the Lowe's app and the Lowe's website for some time, but the company has been a longtime Apple Pay holdout for its retail store locations.

On Reddit, Lowe's employees said in late December that they had received a memo about the upcoming Apple Pay and contactless payment rollout, which was set to begin on December 20.

A Lowe's customer on the MacRumors forums said that he was able to successfully use Apple Pay at two different Lowe's stores in Texas, confirming the rollout.

The Lowe's employees on Reddit said they were glad to hear about the rollout due to the number of customers asking to use contactless payment options. There have also been many complaint threads from Lowe's customers about the lack of Apple Pay on Reddit and the MacRumors forums.

Lowe's has more than 2,000 stores in the United States, making it the second largest home improvement store after Home Depot. Accepting Apple Pay could lure customers to Lowe's over Home Depot, as Home Depot does not accept the payment technology at this time.

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[lkrupp]

Finally. One down, Walmart, Home Depot to go. Walmart is likely a lost cause however.

 

[vicviper789]

Neat but I quit shopping at lowes after they locked everything up

 

[Saint_Blaise]

Is the Lowes credit card able to be used with Apple Pay?

 

[munpip214]

I was able to use Apple Pay at Lowe’s on Dec 18th. Definitely was surprised but thought that maybe I had missed the announcement at some point. Guess I was just one of the early adopters 🙂

 

[siddavis]

This is fantastic and about time! Their POS systems are getting better and this will make shopping there great.

 

[Robert.Walter]

About time!

Good differentiation from DontGo Depot.

 

[munpip214]

Neat but I quit shopping at lowes after they locked everything up

So does everyone else including Home Depot and Ace

 

[sziehr]

Come on Home Depot. It’s time for issuers to increase the fraud liability on stores to force the tap to pay to be enabled

 

[timborama]

Neat but I quit shopping at lowes after they locked everything up

You quit “shopping” there. LOL

 

[onenorth]

Is the Lowes credit card able to be used with Apple Pay?

I just tried to add it and the answer is no, not supported.

Which means Apple Pay is useless to me since the Lowe's card has a 5% discount and other benefits.

 

[icanhazmac]

Neat but I quit shopping at lowes after they locked everything up

It's hard to blame them, what would your solution be?

Great news, yet another reason to shop with them over HD.

 

[Ameer_1]

I wish I could look at my balance on the wallet app for Bank Of America card instead of logging into the app.

 

[GDF]

Neat but I quit shopping at lowes after they locked everything up

Locked what up? Shop at Lowe’s all the time and nothing locked up at my store.

This is an awesome news. I will definitely pick Lowe’s over HD now just because of Apple Pay. Hope HD converts soon.

 

[subjonas]

Looks like I won’t be shopping at Home Depot anymore whenever there’s a Lowe’s in the vicinity.

 

[Flamingdeathbolts]

It’s the way of the future!

As a small business owner we get customers that use Apple Pay and they appreciate it. But what really shocks me is when I go to another shop and they don’t even have a tap to pay card reader. That has been out for some years now.

 

[lkrupp]

Is the Lowes credit card able to be used with Apple Pay?

The only store card I have ever been able to add to my Wallet is Kohl’s. If Lowe’s card is a Visa or Mastercard then I would expect it would be able to be added.

 

[zubikov]

It would be interesting to find out how much credit card fraud can be prevented through Apple Pay, vs whether it's worth .1% of revenue from in-store purchases.

 

[dr_lha]

It’s the way of the future!

As a small business owner we get customers that use Apple Pay and they appreciate it. But what really shocks me is when I go to another shop and they don’t even have a tap to pay card reader. That has been out for some years now.

Tap to pay card readers and Apple Pay support is the same thing. This is why Walmart doesn't have contactless support, because they can't block Apple Pay and allow contactless.

 

[watchmainspring]

Wal-Mart is next! (I hope!)

 

[sugilbert]

Why would I use my Apple Pay at 2% cash back when my Lowes card gives me 5% instantly?
Thanks, but no thanks.

 

[jz0309]

Walmart - are you reading this?

 

[arkitect]

Are contactless payment terminals really so rare in the US?

 

[TonyC28]

Why would I use my Apple Pay at 2% cash back when my Lowes card gives me 5% instantly?
Thanks, but no thanks.

I always forget this about the Lowe’s card. Good call.

 

[Mazda 3s]

Accepting Apple Pay could lure customers to Lowe's over Home Depot, as Home Depot does not accept the payment technology at this time.

Why would Apple Pay lure someone to Lowe’s over Home Depot? Are people really that picky over WHERE they shop over just Apple Pay acceptance? If a business doesn’t take Apple Pay, I just use one of my CC’s with chip/pin. I don’t even think twice about it.

I mean, I prefer Lowe’s over Home Depot because:

1) It’s closer to my house and
2) I regularly get Lowe’s gift cards for at least 10% off when Target or PayPal have promotions, so I rarely use a CC at Lowe’s anyway. I just keep my Lowe’s app wallet loaded with an instant 10% discount (more if I used my Target card for an extra 5% on the gift card).

Apple Pay is nice and all, and I use it at every store that I shop at that accepts it. But it doesn’t make a place I like to shop at a “non starter” due to its exclusion.