Q: Can you use a prepaid card with Apple Pay?

Hi

Some prepaid cards from some issuers are supported. In the US, for example, these presently include the Chase Liquid® prepaid card and prepaid cards from Wells Fargo.

In order to use Apple Pay, your card must be a supported card from a participating issuer. However, not all cards that are issued by any given participating bank are necessarily supported for use with Apple Pay.

Apple does not publish a list of supported cards (whether prepaid or not).

To find out whether any particular prepaid card is supported for Apple Pay, you can either:

- Contact the card issuer / bank and/or check their website;

- Try adding the card (you will be advised if it cannot be added).

More information:

Apple Pay participating banks - Apple Support

Set up Apple Pay on your iPhone, iPad, or Apple Watch - Apple Support

There are two cards I know that definitely work and one of them  is a pretty awesome option if you're not needing multiple users on one account.

The first one is Simple (https://www.simple.com/) - This card is a very great option which has lots of great features built in; not only does it work with Apple Pay, but it also is a chip card for added security.

The second option is Akimbo (https://akimbocard.com/?gclid=Cj0KEQjw6am-BRCTk4WZhLfd4-oBEiQA3ydA3p1Eh5LQyzU9pl vXL5Q2pUAcwfbGIUWEo7QzC02kmlsaAou78P8HAQ) - This card has extremely long release of holds which I find to be very annoying (i.e. $25 Lyft temp authorization takes over 7 days to fall off from the account.) I'd suggest going with Simple.

Hope this helps, I'm sure there are more at this point, but these are the two that I have had experience with. Apple Pay works flawlessly on both.

Thanks!