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It seems to be dependent on the amount, not the teller.That sounds like someone in that shop being a bit clueless
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Dave
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What is the max amount for standard contactless purchases in SA?
No idea, none of my SA cards are contactless.
Dave
Honorary Master
Ok, though of course if properly implemented ApplePay shouldnt have the contactless limit imposed anyway.
With a local card?
Dave
Honorary Master
No, it counts which country your card is from, not where you are going.
That’s why Bwana’s US card works in SA.
I live in Asia, so my cards here work with any payment system.
Thanks.
jnvdh06
Senior Member
Does anyone else have the option to setup Apple Pay on their device? I recently did a clean install with iOS 12 beta and the option appeared to set it up. I haven't tried using it though.
If you have your region set to the US or any place that supports Apple Pay you will have the option to set it up.
Dave
Honorary Master
Until your bank supports it, it will fail.
Do you bank with a bank that supports ApplePay?
jnvdh06
Senior Member
Im with Absa. I dont think they support it
Dave
Honorary Master
There are currently no SA banks supporting ApplePay.
Which region did you set up for the phone?
imel
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Used Apple Pay successfully yesterday at my local restaurant, using their standard NFC compatible card machine.
I activated my LLoyds credit card with my SA itunes account.
Worked like a charm.
So the holdup in SA are the SA banks, not the merchants or Apple.
I activated my LLoyds credit card with my SA itunes account.
Worked like a charm.
So the holdup in SA are the SA banks, not the merchants or Apple.
Priapus
Honorary Master
Correct. The merchants have never been the issue with this. It's all the banks. As soon as ABSA, FNB, etc start supporting ApplePay - you will see it spread like wildfire to businesses supporting it as they all will more than likely have NFC POS devices already.
It's not the banks. FNB already has everything in place to support Apple Pay, as the same underlying Tokenization is used for Fitbit pay and FNB pay.
Same with Absa as they do Samsung Pay.
It is the negotiations between Apple and the banks here. But no one is complaining to the banks so they don't have an urgent need to support it. Start logging Twitter and emails to rbjacobs and see how quickly it goes on.
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Which restaurant was this and also which places in South Africa support the most mobile payment methods as here in Durban, haven't seen much of them?
Dave
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If tap and go is supported then ApplePay/GPay will be supported once your bank rolls it out.