Rene Ritchie, writing for iMore:
That it’s American Express bringing Apple Pay to Canada rather than any of our national banks is interesting for me as a customer (and kind of embarrassing for our banks as businesses.) American Express, like Apple, is an integrated vendor and that lets them not only be nimble, it lets them be bold. And the future, like fortune, favors the bold.
With American Express, you can add your card to Apple Pay in exactly the same way Americans and the Brits have been adding theirs for a while now. iTunes cards can be added automagically and other cards, scanned and authorized.
Apple Pay continues to grow, slow and steady.
Doesn’t work with my card yet, which is too bad.
“Apple Pay continues to grow, slow and steady.” Emphasis on “slow.” But I remain optimistic.
Only Amex in Canada. The banks are digging in with their own “secure and convenient solutions”.
Honestly, I’ve had tap and pay with cards for quite a while so it’s not as big a deal.
It IS a big deal.
Apple pay is fundamentally different from (and better than) any other “tap and pay” system with its proprietary system of one-time-use number codes and no customer account date being sent or on the phone or watch.
I’d say the main “resistance” to such a superior system are vested interests which feel they’ll lose money. But once the stupid public is finally convinced of Apple Pay’s advantages and start demanding that retailers support it, then those vested interests will lose money, anyway.
The Canadian big banks are dinosaurs who need a swift kick in the ass. I’ve got two AMEX cards so this works well for me, but I’ll be intentionally favouring them over my RBC VISA until they get their head out of their ass and stop trying to home brew their own mobile payment solution. I have no issue with limiting my use of RBC products as long as they keep limiting my options.
So you’re saying that Apple doesn’t do vests. More of a sports coat and slacks kind of look?
Yup. The number of people who can’t be bothered to read two pages to understand how it works and instead argue it’s insecure is nothing short of astonishing.
Apple has a good system here. In the near future, everyone will probably use something like it. But right now: Apple.