Identical Looking Cards in Wallet for Apple Pay

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Identical Looking Cards in Wallet for Apple Pay

I have two different cards with the same financial institution (different accounts).

When I register these cards in the Wallet for Apple Pay, both cards are registered in Apple Pay with an identical image. The only distinguishing factor is the last 4 digits shown on each card.

Is there a better way for me to distinguish which card I'm using when both look identical (Can I add clarifying text, different picture, etc.)?

Thanks

-Mike

OS X El Capitan (10.11.2), Svrl Apl Prdcts

Posted on Mar 19, 2016 4:50 AM

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Answer 1

Jonathan UK

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Mar 19, 2016 4:53 AM in response to Soniq2

Hi Mike

It is not presently possible for you to customise the appearance of the cards (whether via text or image) to create distinguishing features.

You may wish to submit feedback to your card issuer and/or to Apple:

https://www.apple.com/feedback/apple-pay.html

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Answer 2

Soniq2 Author

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Mar 19, 2016 5:26 AM in response to Jonathan UK

Thanks Johathan UK

I will set one as my default.

I also submitted feedback to Apple. 🙂

In your second response, it appears that in addition to Apple, the card issuer also has a roll in determining what cards looks like in my Wallet for Apple Pay.

Could you clarify what role the card issuer plays (both are debit cards in my case) in determining what a card looks like in my Wallet for Apple Pay?

Thanks again. 🙂

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Answer 3

Jonathan UK

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Mar 19, 2016 4:57 AM in response to Soniq2

You may wish to designate one of those cards as your default payment card for Apple Pay.

In order to use the other one when making a payment, you would then first need to specifically choose it instead.

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