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Devices capable of Google Pay may be more prevalent, but banks are less likely to support Google Pay. (Some of which is due to the fact that on Android, unlike
by Marsymars 7y ago
Devices capable of Google Pay may be more prevalent, but banks are less likely to support Google Pay. (Some of which is due to the fact that on Android, unlike iOS, it's possible to roll your own NFC payment app, so some banks insist on building their own trashy payment apps rather than supporting Google Pay.)
- kelnos 7y agoI'd be curious about that as well: the actual bank support numbers. I'm just one data point, but all of my cards (even my bank's debit card) are supported by GPay, even though all of them also have a dedicated app. I've never tried to use the dedicated apps for NFC payment, though, so I'm not sure if they have that feature.
- Marsymars 7y agoDoesn't cover users per bank, but the Google/Apple support docs are usually thorough. In Canada, Apple Pay has about three times (48) as many supporting banks as Google Pay (15). The Apple support is mostly a longer tail - four of the five largest banks support both. (With TD as the holdout that supports Apple Pay and only their own app on Android.) For me, that works out to 5 banks supporting both Google/Apple Pay, 3 supporting Apple Pay only, 2 supporting nothing. Google Pay: https://support.google.com/pay/answer/7405561?hl=en https://support.google.com/pay/answer/7405561?hl=en Apple Pay: https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT204916#canada https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT204916#canada