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And yet you guys have Apple Pay and we don't. It's "coming real soon" to the three shopfronts in the country that still take Amex.
by Sophistifunk 11y ago
And yet you guys have Apple Pay and we don't. It's "coming real soon" to the three shopfronts in the country that still take Amex.
- sundvor 11y agoWith [the absolutely fantastic] Paywave / Paypass now just about completely ubiquitous here in Australia, and supported by a good few smart phones to boot, why on earth would we want Apple Pay? They've truly missed the boat here.
- balls187 11y ago>why on earth would we want Apple Pay If you are an iPhone user, and many folks happen to own iphones, that would be the reason.
- 2muchcoffeeman 11y agoThe credit card companies here will send you an NFC chip to stick on your phone cover if you are into that sort of thing.
- stephen_g 11y agoThe main advantages are security (you can't use a card without a TouchID fingerprint scan to unlock) and being able to easily use multiple cards on the one device.
- jarek 11y agoThe second user advantage is a drawback to most banks (they'd rather you carry just their card, rather than be able to switch easily), so that might also be a contributing reason for not signing up for Apple Pay.
- balls187 11y agoSadly very few places support Apple Pay. And some credit cards make it a royal PITA to use with AP.
- madeofpalk 11y agoThe thing is in Australia, we have near ubiquitous support for contactless payments so when Apple Pay launchs here it'll be supported _everywhere_ on day one[1] [1] Well, the tech will be supported. Whether the business will accept amex or not is another story...