Q: Required me to use Chip Reader???
When I attempted to use apple pay at CVS the other day, my Apple Watch recognized and authorized the transaction but then the Card Reader still required me to put my CC into the chip reader. Has anyone else had this problem? If so, Doesn't this kind of ruin the whole point of Apple Pay??
Apple Watch Sport 42mm, watchOS 2.1
Posted on Jan 14, 2016 5:55 AM
CVS has had contactless terminals for years and used to accept contactless payments, but they stopped when Apple Pay launched.
CVS is a member of the Merchant Consumer Exchange (MCX) which is creating a competing mobile payment platform (CurrentC). MCX members are contractually prohibited from accepting any other mobile payment option for a period of time. Rite-Aid and Best Buy are the only two MCX members that so far have enabled contactless payments. Target (also a MCX) member is considering enabling contactless payment sometime in the future.
Posted on Jan 19, 2016 6:54 AM