Apple Pay Now Accounts for Three-Fourths of U.S. Contactless Payments

Re:Apple Pay Now Accounts for Three-Fourths of U.S. Contactl... by dawnerd on Wednesday July 27, 2016 @02:06AM (#12170844)

I've run into two setups here in Oregon that require you to swipe first (inserting wont start the process at all), then it tells you to insert, then waits for ever, then pin, then another long wait, then approved. No idea how they managed to screw it up that badly. I've used it elsewhere and it was really fast.

Whats worse is some stores have it where you can insert, but when you do it says "swipe card". Like it detects you inserted but refuses to run it that way. I really just don't get it.

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Re:Apple Pay Now Accounts for Three-Fourths of U.S. Contactl... by michaelmrose on Wednesday July 27, 2016 @02:34AM (#12170950)

I work in retail. Failing to start processing upon insertion is a bug, the screen telling you to insert is a warning that you did the wrong thing not an expected part of the process. I have seen a weird issue wherein some cards, always the same cards don't start processing until you try and fail to swipe. I have no idea what the difference is as it doesn't seem to be a single issuing bank.

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Re:Apple Pay Now Accounts for Three-Fourths of U.S. Contactl... by dawnerd on Wednesday July 27, 2016 @02:48AM (#12170995)

It seems to be whatever model terminal they're using.

One other example is chase. Their ATMs still make you insert, pull out, then stick back in. Ive yet to have one take the card first try.

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Re:Apple Pay Now Accounts for Three-Fourths of U.S. Contactl... by michaelmrose on Thursday July 28, 2016 @11:55PM (#12184923)

The same machine worked properly with 99% of cards I think its fixed and its no longer required.

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