Apple Pay on pace to account for 10% of global card transactions

Re:Apple Pay on pace to account for 10% of global card trans... by commandar on Tuesday February 11, 2020 @10:16PM (#22305407)

>More and more gas stations are upgrading their pump POS pads so i can refuel my bike without digging under my armour for my wallet.

This is literally the first time I've heard a use case that would actually make me care about contactless versus a swipe/insert. Grabbing my phone off the RAM mount would be considerably easier pulling my gloves off and trying to fish out my wallet.

In the past, I've always been incredibly apathetic toward the "convenience" factor of contactless, but that's a real -- if niche -- win.

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Re:Apple Pay on pace to account for 10% of global card trans... by fphhotchips on Tuesday February 11, 2020 @10:57PM (#22305597)

I've always found contactless to be significantly faster than insert and more reliable than swipe - have you not found the same thing?

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Re:Apple Pay on pace to account for 10% of global card trans... by Consultant32452 on Wednesday February 12, 2020 @12:50AM (#22306190)

I find insert/chip is much slower because I have to leave the card in the device and pay close attention to the screen to figure out when I'm allowed to remove it. With a swipe pulling my card out, swiping, putting card can in wallet is a single action.

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Re:Apple Pay on pace to account for 10% of global card trans... by fphhotchips on Thursday February 13, 2020 @08:50PM (#22323305)

Sure, but that's not contactless, that's chip and pin. Contactless is exactly that; you need not touch the machine (though many do).

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Re:Apple Pay on pace to account for 10% of global card trans... by 72deluxe on Wednesday February 12, 2020 @06:51AM (#22308050)

I always thought it would save you touching the communally-used PIN pad and thereby avoid potential contagion.

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Re:Apple Pay on pace to account for 10% of global card trans... by blntechie on Thursday February 13, 2020 @07:20AM (#22317148)

If you have an Apple Watch, you don’t even have to grab the phone.

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