Hey, I tried this in Walgreens here in Montana (USA). It worked pretty well, and was pretty quick. I tried it when it was announced, and it wasn’t as accessible as I would have liked. I still had to put in a pin on the credit card machine.
Thanks, Ed > On May 10, 2016, at 2:41 PM, Sieghard Weitzel <siegh...@live.ca> wrote: > > Hi again, > > OK, of course I had to try this so when I had to run a few erands today with > my manager I asked him to go through the McDonald drive-through. When we came > to the pick-up window the lady gave him the machine, I leaned over and held > my iPhone 6S Plus up to it after waking it up (I was on the lockscreen). I > saw that it popped up with my CIBC Visa and I put my thumb on the home > button, but nothing happened. I finally tapped on “Use Passcode” and the > keypad came up, but I was not able to enter my passcode because the > phone/Voiceover became so entirely sluggish that I couldn’t do anything. Of > course it was lunch hour and cars were piling up behind us. I tried to enter > my passcode but couldn’t do it because of the sluggishness of the phone. > I finally pulled out my Mastercard and had barely tapped it against the > machine when it beeped and the transaction was approved. > So, Apple Pay 0, tap method 1. I have to try again another time maybe at a > place where there is no time pressure. I did go into Settings > Passcode and > Touch Id afterwards to make sure, but Touch Id was enabled for Apple Pay so > that was not the reason. > > Regards, > Sieghard > > From: viphone@googlegroups.com > <mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com>[mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com > <mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com>] On Behalf Of Fazil > Sent: Tuesday, May 10, 2016 11:39 AM > To: viphone@googlegroups.com <mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com> > Subject: RE: Apple Pay finally gets main stream support in Canada > > Well done, Sieghard! > > From: viphone@googlegroups.com > <mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com>[mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com > <mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com>] On Behalf Of Sieghard Weitzel > Sent: Tuesday, May 10, 2016 10:23 AM > To: viphone@googlegroups.com <mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com> > Subject: Apple Pay finally gets main stream support in Canada > > Hi fellow Canadians, > > This morning I was browsing through the news articles with the CBC News app > on my iPhone and in the Tech and Science section found an article which > surprised me and also made me quite happy. > The article explained that as of today CIBC and Royal Bank credit card > holders can add their credit cards in the Wallet app and use Apple Pay. So > far only American express card holders were able to use Apple Pay in Canada > (since last November I think) and not that many people here have American > Express cards and in many stores even some larger chains they aren’t even > accepted since they charge a much higher percentage for the merchant. I > accept American Express at my store and get charged 3.5% whereas I only pay > 1.6% for Visa and Mastercard although there are a few extra fees on top of > that 1.6% for premium cards, corporate cards etc. > Anyhow, the article went on to say that Bank of Montreal Mastercards should > follow soon and that Scotia and TD debit cards are not far behind. > I am a Scotia Bank customer both for my business and personal accounts, but I > do have a CIBC Aeroplan Gold Visa so I promptly opened Wallet and within a > minute or two I had added my card. > I was still in bed as it was early and too lazy to go get my card to try and > take a picture of it so I chose to add it manually. > When I first started I was asked for my Apple Id password. I then typed in > the card number, tapped next and then selected the expiry date and typed in > the 3-digit card verification code. After tapping next again I was asked to > select a verification option and here I had email or text message as an > option. I selected text message and 2 seconds after I tapped Next I received > a text message with a 6-digit code which I had to type in, after that I > received the message that my card had been added. > It will be interesting to see if this works at most places where contactless > transactions are already an option which is very common here. The article > says this: > > "With the support of two of the largest banks in Canada, BMO Financial Group > and Royal Bank of Canada (RBC), consumer adoption of Apple Pay is expected to > increase significantly," the statement said. "Many of Moneris's largest > customers, including McDonald's Restaurants of Canada Limited, are 100 per > cent contactless enabled and ready to accept Apple Pay." > London Drugs, Tim Hortons, Canadian Tire, Petro-Canada, and Pizza Hut are > among the stores ready for Apple Pay, according to Apple's website. > > I have a feeling that Apple Pay adoption here in Canada will be very fast > since when it comes to contactless payments we are a lot further along as > stores in the States. Here chip cards have been around for many years, I > haven’t signed a credit card receipt in a long time instead I just stick my > card into the reader just like a bank card and enter my PIN. In most grocery > stores, convenience stores, drug marts, department stores and so on I can > simply tap my card if the transaction is less than $100 (the limit is up to > each store). Of course this means you better take care of your credit card > and report it lost or stolen right away if it disappears since anybody who > has the card can tap it and that of course is where Apple Pay is more secure > since it uses Touch Id or your phone’s passcode to authorize the transaction. > If I have a chance to try it later maybe at Shopper’s Drug Mart or Safeway > I’ll report as to whether it worked or not. > > > Regards, > Sieghard > > -- > The following information is important for all members of the V iPhone list. > > If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if > you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or > moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. > > Your V iPhone list moderator is Mark Taylor and your owner is Cara Quinn - > you can reach Cara at caraqu...@caraquinn.com <mailto:caraqu...@caraquinn.com> > > The archives for this list can be searched at: > http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/ > <http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/> > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "VIPhone" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email toviphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com > <mailto:viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com>. > To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com > <mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com>. > Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/viphone > <https://groups.google.com/group/viphone>. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout > <https://groups.google.com/d/optout>. > -- > The following information is important for all members of the V iPhone list. > > If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if > you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or > moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. > > Your V iPhone list moderator is Mark Taylor and your owner is Cara Quinn - > you can reach Cara at caraqu...@caraquinn.com <mailto:caraqu...@caraquinn.com> > > The archives for this list can be searched at: > http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/ > <http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/> > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "VIPhone" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email toviphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com > <mailto:viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com>. > To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com > <mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com>. > Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/viphone > <https://groups.google.com/group/viphone>. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout > <https://groups.google.com/d/optout>. > > -- > The following information is important for all members of the V iPhone list. > > If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if > you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or > moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. > > Your V iPhone list moderator is Mark Taylor and your owner is Cara Quinn - > you can reach Cara at caraqu...@caraquinn.com <mailto:caraqu...@caraquinn.com> > > The archives for this list can be searched at: > http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/ > <http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/> > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "VIPhone" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com > <mailto:viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com>. > To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com > <mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com>. > Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/viphone > <https://groups.google.com/group/viphone>. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout > <https://groups.google.com/d/optout>. -- The following information is important for all members of the V iPhone list. 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