Q: Cannot add cards back to apple pay after restoring.

Thank, think I'll give that a try.

Almost 2 weeks after getting my iPhone 6s and being unable to re-add one of Lloyds debit cards the problem seems to have been resolved. Just added the card back to the iPhone and Watch again successfully.

I can confirm I have been able to readd my Lloyds card I previously couldnt add.

I too can confirm I have just managed to add my Lloyds debit card to both my iPhone 6S and Apple Watch only after 2 weeks of waiting for a fix.

Lets hope this remains a permanent fix

Hopefully everyone who has been affected by this issue now sees the same resolution.

MAtt

Yep it's fixed for me too. Right after I've ordered a replacement card lol. Ah well the numbers were rubbing off it anyway. Nice to see the issue take care of in a timely manner.

I had to turn off ICloud 2 step verification

I just solved this issue for myself this morning. Yesterday at Whole Foods I noticed my Apple Watch had "unavailable" for all cards, so I ended up having to use my new 6S.

What solved this issue after many attempts to add cards to Apple Watch was to uncheck Wallet from iCloud, unpair the watch, remove the cards from Apple Pay, and then restore the watch. I added everything like new, and even removed the one card that was tied to the Apple Store account. This way everything was fresh. I then went back into iCloud and checked Wallet again. Hope this works for some.  I didn't have this issue until I had to get rid of my 5 and upgrade to the 6S.

As a tech, the last thing I wanted was to talk to folks for hours on the phone.

I have to post this, just because this has been driving me nuts.  I have been on for HOURS with Apple, and they suggested numerous fixes, none of which worked.  (Restart, Recovery, Restore, etc.)  FINALLY someone had the suggestion to unpair and re-pair the watch.  THIS WORKED.  It's a pain becuase the watch backs itself up and takes forever, but this actually fixed my problem. (And I didn't lose past data, workouts, etc.) Success.  Hope this helps someone.

I had the exact same problem. Here's a simple trick that finally worked for me. Go into settings > Touch ID and Passcode and turn Passcode off. Exit and open wallet. Go to add card and it will prompt you to turn Passcode back on. Do it through the prompts. When you go back you will now be able to add a card. Hope it works!

In addition I would suggest logging out of your Apple account and then logging back in and then proceed too the 9 steps outlined by squalls, That worked for me.

It does not work for me. I still get the message Card Not Added. Contact your card issuer for more information.

The solution from moster worked for me. Highly recommend giving it a try folks.

I struggled with this issue for quite sometime and none of the solution provided worked for me. However I didn't not end up getting my card replaced for a new number which has its own set of hassles. So traded my phone backup and reset my phone to set it up as a new one. When setup as a new iPhone it allowed me to add all my cards into Wallet without any problem.

Better way to avoid all this hassle is to simply remove the cards from wallet before going for a reset. Atleast that allows us to restore from Backup and add the cards back into wallet. I bet no one would read this post until they actually face the issue!

I've also been having this problem recently.

I recently purchased an apple watch and tried to move my cards from my phone to the watch, and it told me "Could not add card, Try again later or contact your card issuer." so I figured I might try removing the cards from my phone and re-adding them. Since then, I can't even get to the point where it will let me take a picture of my cards to even TRY to send them to my bank and add them. The minute I click on "Add credit or debit card" the phone just outright tells me that it couldn't add the card right now.

I had my phone swapped at the apple store, and have a call into the "engineers" at apple, but this is honestly frustrating. I've tried resetting passcode. I've tried fixing my card details and billing info in iCloud. Nothing seems to work.

I had this same problem with a new iPhone. I called Apple Support; they had me log out / log back in to iCloud and it fixed the problem immediately.