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Sure you can. It's not a special case. That's the beauty of Apple Pay. Industry standard protocol. If the merchant accepts contactless credit cards then Apple P

Sure you can. It's not a special case. That's the beauty of Apple Pay. Industry standard protocol. If the merchant accepts contactless credit cards then Apple Pay will work. No need for any special hardware, any special software or any contract changes.

ryukafalz 7y ago
Typically in the US the waiter will take your credit card back to a payment terminal rather than bringing a card reader to you. Contactless isn’t really an option in that case.
- walshemj 7y ago
  No wonder you have more problems with fraud in the USA if you let a waiter take the card away from you and do god knows what with it.
  - deleted 7y ago
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- neuronic 7y ago
  Why would you hand anyone your credit card... to take it somewhere else... and do whatever with it ....
  - ric2b 7y ago
    Because somehow that's still a normal and accepted practice in the US.
- ryantriangles 7y ago
  It seems madness to give your card to someone to take off somewhere. In Australia they either bring you a terminal to touch at the table (for a fancier place), or you touch the terminal on your way out (for a casual place).
  - nwsm 7y ago
    In the US an upscale place would never bring a terminal to your table. They give you a check (receipt), you put card or money down, they take it to their register, and bring back a customer receipt or change. Money is often a taboo subject in the US, and I think that is bleeding into a slow adoption of touchless transactions in nice restaurants. It will take at least 5 years for this part of US culture to give way to convenience and security. *Note I've not spent much time on the west coast; I'm sure they're ahead on this
ticmasta 7y ago
>> No need for any special hardware, any special software ha ha - except for the iphone, watch and apple pay; no special hardware nor software required.
- ceejayoz 7y ago
  It's just NFC under the hood. Many credit cards have it built into the card itself.
tree3 7y ago
> No need for any special hardware, any special software Umm, except for the whole Apple device...
- ceejayoz 7y ago
  You don't need an Apple device. The same tech used by Apple Pay is directly built into a lot of credit cards. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Contactless_payment https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Contactless_payment
  - ric2b 7y ago
    And almost every other smartphone.

ryukafalz 7y ago

Typically in the US the waiter will take your credit card back to a payment terminal rather than bringing a card reader to you. Contactless isn’t really an option in that case.

walshemj 7y ago
No wonder you have more problems with fraud in the USA if you let a waiter take the card away from you and do god knows what with it.
- deleted 7y ago
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neuronic 7y ago
Why would you hand anyone your credit card... to take it somewhere else... and do whatever with it ....
- ric2b 7y ago
  Because somehow that's still a normal and accepted practice in the US.
ryantriangles 7y ago
It seems madness to give your card to someone to take off somewhere. In Australia they either bring you a terminal to touch at the table (for a fancier place), or you touch the terminal on your way out (for a casual place).
- nwsm 7y ago
  In the US an upscale place would never bring a terminal to your table. They give you a check (receipt), you put card or money down, they take it to their register, and bring back a customer receipt or change. Money is often a taboo subject in the US, and I think that is bleeding into a slow adoption of touchless transactions in nice restaurants. It will take at least 5 years for this part of US culture to give way to convenience and security. *Note I've not spent much time on the west coast; I'm sure they're ahead on this

ticmasta 7y ago

>> No need for any special hardware, any special software ha ha - except for the iphone, watch and apple pay; no special hardware nor software required.

ceejayoz 7y ago
It's just NFC under the hood. Many credit cards have it built into the card itself.

tree3 7y ago

> No need for any special hardware, any special software Umm, except for the whole Apple device...

ceejayoz 7y ago
You don't need an Apple device. The same tech used by Apple Pay is directly built into a lot of credit cards. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Contactless_payment https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Contactless_payment
- ric2b 7y ago
  And almost every other smartphone.