Walmart and Best Buy Opt Out of Apple Pay – Required Point-of-Sale Upgrades

Re:Walmart and Best Buy Opt Out of Apple Pay – Required Poin... by therealidiot on Saturday September 13, 2014 @08:39AM (#8312219)

I'm not up-to-speed with Apple's new shiny things, is Apple Pay compatible with existing contactless payment systems over here in the UK?

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Re:Walmart and Best Buy Opt Out of Apple Pay – Required Poin... by gergles on Saturday September 13, 2014 @10:50AM (#8312510)

Yes, it is. djhworld is laughably wrong.

All the contactless systems Visa/MC/Amex are deploying in the world are variants of PayPass/PayWave which are all based on an international standard and will work no matter what. The article djhworld linked to is talking about how users in the UK won't be able to add cards to Apple Pay because Apple doesn't have any deals with UK banks. If you go visit the UK and have an already-enrolled Apple Pay account, it will work at contactless terminals.

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Re:Walmart and Best Buy Opt Out of Apple Pay – Required Poin... by djhworld on Saturday September 13, 2014 @09:33AM (#8312319)

No, the contactless payment systems we have here use RFID, whereas Apple Pay (and other mobile payment solutions) use NFC

Apple Pay probably won't arrive here until next year and even then I doubt many retailers will take up on the offer http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/gadgets-and-tech/app...

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Re:Walmart and Best Buy Opt Out of Apple Pay – Required Poin... by davb on Saturday September 13, 2014 @10:14AM (#8312419)

Yes, it's compatible with standard contactless EMV terminals. However it won't be supported here until at least 2015.

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