It's one of the many annoying things about the US. So annoying not being able to use apple pay everywhere. I think the tap your card to pay is so damn epic. Seeing it done was just wow to me.
On 12/6/17, Sieghard Weitzel <[email protected]> wrote: > I don't get all this fragmentation. > Here in Canada almost every store even small ones have contactless card > terminals where you can tap your chip-equipped credit or debit card. > Chip cards have been the norm here for many years and while purchase amounts > for tap have to be less than $100 for the most part (many of the day-to-day > purchases are) you can use Apple Pay at any location where you can also > tap. > I don't shop at Walmart because the closest one to where I live is a 2-hour > drive away, but also out of principal, I highly doubt they don't have > contactless terminals and if they do you can use Apple Pay. It's rare that I > have to pull out my actual credit card any more. > > Regards, > Sieghard > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf > Of M. Taylor > Sent: Wednesday, December 06, 2017 1:28 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Target launches 'Wallet' mobile payments platform, continues to > ignore Apple Pay > > AppleInsider - Frontpage News - Monday, December 4, 2017 at 5:03 PM Target > launches 'Wallet' mobile payments platform, continues to ignore Apple Pay > Target on Monday introduced Wallet, a new mobile payments platform that > allows customers to pay for items at brick-and-mortar Target stores, and > reap savings, using the Target app on iOS and Android. > > Announced in a press release, the QR code-based system lets customers > provision Target REDcards on their device, which can be used in conjunction > with digital savings like Cartwheel offers and Weekly Ad coupons at > checkout. > According to the company, Wallet is up to four times faster than other > in-store payment types. Which payment systems were tested as part of > Target's impromptu study is unknown. > "Wallet in the Target app makes checkout easier and faster than ever," said > Mike McNamara, chief information and digital officer at Target. "Guests are > going to love the convenience of having payment, Cartwheel offers, Weekly Ad > coupons and GiftCards all in one place with Wallet." > > Unlike NFC-based solutions like Apple Pay, Target's Wallet relies on > generated QR codes that can be scanned at a point-of-sale terminal. > To pay, users are instructed to open the app, tap on "Wallet," scan coupon > barcodes with an iPhone's camera, scan their Wallet barcode at the POS > terminal for Cartwheel offers, then press "Pay." Provided screenshots also > show options to make cash withdrawals from an associated debit card and > apply gift card credit, but those features were left unmentioned in today's > release. > > Target is the latest big-box chain to roll out an in-house payments solution > instead of adopting existing technologies like Apple Pay. Walmart, another > Apple Pay holdout, debuted the QR code-based Walmart Pay to all U.S. stores > last year. > > It was Target and Walmart that led the charge against Apple Pay > implementation in favor of in-house technology developed by the Merchant > Customer Exchange consortium, of which both companies are founding members. > Dubbed CurrentC, the mobile payments solution was touted as a segment > competitor by MCX until the pilot program fizzled out last June. MCX > subsequently sold the defunct platform to JPMorgan Chase earlier this year. > > Earlier this year, a Target customer service representative gave Apple > device owners false hope in a tweet saying the retailer was working to > integrate Apple Pay in its stores. 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