"Your credit card is about to expire" error every time I try to purchase an app in App Store

I have a call scheduled tomorrow at 11am AST with Apple Pay support team. I’ll post results here when done.

This exact thing is happening to me right now. I’ve had the same exact card on my account for over a year & have never gotten this error. My card doesn’t expire until the year 2027, so the message telling me: “your card is about to expire” is obviously incorrect.

This is happening to me too. I contacted Apple support and they couldn’t fix it so I’m waiting for a supervisor to call me back soon. I’ll come update and let you all know if anything worked or if it could be fixed.

As someone suggested, remove/re-add via the iPhone Settings "Wallet" section instead of the Wallet app itself seems to work. I just tried removing the card and re-adding it (easy because it was listed under "previous cards") and this seems to have done the trick. Didn't need to use a computer 🙂

I’ve had this problem too - started to get emails in the middle of December saying that upcoming subscriptions were going to fail and I should update my payment details - but everything was correct so there was nothing to update. Then yesterday my iTunes Match did indeed fail to renew because the payment failed.

Contacted Apple Support and was fortunate enough to speak to someone who was aware of the cause of this problem. As I understand it, this is an Apple Pay issue where a person’s credit card is linked to Apple Pay. Believe it or not, Apple Pay is not using the credit card expiry date but has a blanket expiry date of December 2023, which is why payments are starting to fail for lots of people.

To fix it, I was told to do the following. Go to Settings->Apple Id->Payment and Shipping and remove the payment method linked to Apple Pay. Then add the card details back as a new payment method but DO NOT LINK it to Apple Pay. The card should then start working again.

I won’t get into the craziness of this or the fact that Apple appear to have sat on this problem since mid-December when they started sending out emails saying upcoming payments were going to fail…..

Looks like something is broken with their system since so many of us are experiencing this today.

This exact thing is happening to me as well. I made purchases last week with zero problem. This is so aggravating that it seems to be a common thing with a lot of people right now but of course Apple isn’t addressing it.

Same thing is happening to me. I was super skeptical and worried it was a virus or something.

That would be awesome, if I had another card to add. Apple needs to fix this.

I’m also having this issue with a card that doesn’t expire until 2026. Worked fine a few days ago. iPhone 12 Pro

Quick update. I talked to a supervisor and they said I had to remove the card from my Apple wallet, then add it back. It worked and I’m able to make purchases on my phone again. I recommend trying that instead of trying to remove it from your settings. Hopefully this helps you all ^^

Yo, iPhone 11, this happened to me too. Says my card is about to expire. It isn’t. Got over 2 years. It worked fine a week ago.

Same thing just started happening to me this morning. i’m not having it. they have to fix this glitch.

Same issue. Notably (and I don't believe this has been mentioned yet), it gives me the same error no matter what credit card I choose. So it clearly has nothing to do with any particular card; it's Apple.

Haven't had a chance to try anything on a computer yet, but I'll try that later if I get around to it.

I'm sure hundreds of merchants are losing money because Apple isn't addressing this. 🤷‍♂️

If you only have one payment method, it can't be removed until you add another payment method.

You can find the acceptable payment methods for your country here;

Payment methods that you can use with your Apple ID - Apple Support

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