Payfinders has a few glitches. I live on an island with no stop lights, McDonalds or big stores. When I tried pay finders here it showed a Macy's downtown. My wife wishes it was so, but we will never allow that. On Maui it was pretty useful. U r right it should b included in maps and I bet it will with next update. Tom
> On Jan 3, 2016, at 2:12 PM, John Robinson <[email protected]> wrote: > > > O.K., it’s an obsession, when news like this hits I have to get it > out…inquiring minds want to know and so do the merchants. I will send this > to a few businesses after I send to my groups. I have almost totally > stopped shopping at Kroger as Meijer accepts ApplePay and Kroger doesn’t. > There are two terminals at Panera Bread that accept ApplePay, the third > doesn’t so I will wait if the next opening is at the register that hasnt’ > been configured for our secure payment system…it’s a great way to let the > merchants know we are serious about their adoption. > > If interested there is a new App that will help us find shops that accept our > payment of choice, it seems it’s being well accepted and immediately > generating a large number of users…More descriptive info. is below the story > from the App I just downloaded. > > > > > New PayFinders app for locating Apple Pay merchants reports 750% increase in > users in two days > > A new app designed to crowdsource an interactive map of businesses that > accept Apple Pay just reported adding 12,673 new merchants in North America, > 95 percent of them being small businesses. In parallel, its developer > reported that the new app's users have increased an incredible 750 percent > over the past two days, indicating a lot of interest in Apple Pay. > > <15365-11645-ApplePay001-l.jpeg> > > PayFinders helps users locate merchants who accept Apple Pay > > > Brian Roemmele, the PayFinder app's creator, announced the jump in Apple Pay > interest on Twitter earlier today, observing that "Christmas was good to the > iPhone 6 series and Apple Pay adoption." On Christmas Day, Roemmele had > earlier noted that 'indirect activation data suggested that the Target and > BestBuy $100 off Apple Watch promotion may have doubled [the number of Apple > Watch] devices in use.' > > Apple is quickly expanding Apple Pay's reach beyond the U.S., with the > service launching in the UK in June and more recently in Canada and Australia > last month. It is expected to begin operating in China early in 2016. > > > > I downloaded the app and here is what it gave me within 13 miles of my > location…Awesome! > > <IMG_2620.PNG> > > > > To get a list I find the closest at the top of the list > > > > <IMG_2621.PNG> > > > > By zooming in near my location the stores nearby are shown in greater detail…. > > > <IMG_2622.PNG> > > > > This is going to be helpful, and something Apple should have included within > their Maps app from the beginning….. > > > _______________________________________________ > MacGroup mailing list > Posting address: [email protected] > Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/> > Answers to questions: <http://erdos.math.louisville.edu/macgroup/>
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