MancMike
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I've seen lots of shops showing the Apple Pay logo at the checkout, and those with their card added to Apple Pay may choose to pay with their phone or watch.
These stores are "partners", it just means their staff have had a bit of training to be able to answer any questions for those using it for the first time, and they'll get the logo to attach to the terminal.
It seems though that it's had a negative effect, in that I've found most people think they can only use Apple Pay at places showing the logo.
That's not the case. You can use Apple Pay anywhere that has contactless payment. If you can hover your card over it to pay, you can do the same with your watch or phone, and in most cases, it's even faster still than a contactless card and will work from a few inches away so you don't have to wonder if you touch your card to the top, or side of the machine, etc.
The same may or may not be true for Android/Samsung pay, etc.
It's also more secure than contactless, so if you're worried about contactless, you can usually switch it off on your card and then nobody could make payment without your authorisation (i.e finding your card on the floor and buying lunch with it).
Hope it helps some get more use out of it if you didn't already know.
These stores are "partners", it just means their staff have had a bit of training to be able to answer any questions for those using it for the first time, and they'll get the logo to attach to the terminal.
It seems though that it's had a negative effect, in that I've found most people think they can only use Apple Pay at places showing the logo.
That's not the case. You can use Apple Pay anywhere that has contactless payment. If you can hover your card over it to pay, you can do the same with your watch or phone, and in most cases, it's even faster still than a contactless card and will work from a few inches away so you don't have to wonder if you touch your card to the top, or side of the machine, etc.
The same may or may not be true for Android/Samsung pay, etc.
It's also more secure than contactless, so if you're worried about contactless, you can usually switch it off on your card and then nobody could make payment without your authorisation (i.e finding your card on the floor and buying lunch with it).
Hope it helps some get more use out of it if you didn't already know.