Apple Pay email is incorrect

Hi Hoppielimp

It sounds like your "notification email address" or another email address registered to your Apple ID (aside from your primary email) has the error in it, so it needs to be fixed.

For example, if you provide an email address with your shipping information when you buy from the Apple Online Store, that address automatically becomes your "notification address". Your primary address also receives a copy of all Apple ID email that Apple sends to your notification address, which is why you may not have realised there was an error before now.

To check and edit your notification and/or other email addresses, follow these steps:

• Go to My Apple ID
• Select Manage your Apple ID and sign in.
• To edit, for example, a notification address:
  • Select Edit next to the address, then enter the new address. Apple will send a verification email to that address. Didn't receive the email?
  • Follow the instructions in the email to verify the address.
• To delete an address, select Delete next to the address.

About your Apple ID email addresses - Apple Support

Checking these may help:

In Contacts on your iPhone, check and correct any mistakes in your email address details.

On your iPhone, go to Settings > Passbook & Apple Pay > Under Transaction Defaults, check and correct any mistakes in the email address.

I agree that the information is coming from the card issuer - because the data is so old that it pre-dates my first iPhone. But the card issuer tells me the bad information isn't in their system. Unfortunately they have a bad email, and two bad phone numbers listed. And no cell phone for SMS.

Hi,

You can update your Apple ID information (email address) from the instructions here > Updating your Apple ID account information

Is it possible that the email is what is on file with your financial institution that issued the card?

ChrisJ4203 is correct. The verification information when adding a card to Apple Pay is coming from your registered account with the card issuer.