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Apple Pay Apple Pay in the UK

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Aniseedvan

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magicMac said:
Ok just spoke to a friend who works at Santander UK and "mid july" is what's being bounced around internally and I was also informed of a daily £15k limit! That should cover most things :/
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I thought that part was up to retailers?
I would like to be able to pay for my full shops at waitrose which are more than £20.. Either way, I'm really sadly excited to try out using my watch without my phone on me - that feels like voodoo to me...
 
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bigchrisfgb

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Aniseedvan said:
I thought that part was up to retailers?
I would like to be able to pay for my full shops at waitrose which are more than £20.. Either way, I'm really sadly excited to try out using my watch without my phone on me - that feels like voodoo to me...
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£15K means £15,000.
I think a lot of bank accounts have daily limits like this without prior authorisation from your bank.

Apple pay won't come out tomorrow. It will be mid July at the earliest.
 
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sam3020

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if this is true then it is awesome. Surely the daily mail wouldn't get this wrong?
 
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Aniseedvan

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May 14, 2012
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bigchrisfgb said:
£15K means £15,000.
I think a lot of bank accounts have daily limits like this without prior authorisation from your bank.

Apple pay won't come out tomorrow. It will be mid July at the earliest.
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Lol yes I know £15k is thousands, but I was referring to the current contactless limit of £20, which is useful for odd shopping but not for a full shop, and widely reported to be the initial limits set by retailers due to their machines.
I would love to be proved wrong and be able to pay for my shopping with my watch!
 
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sam3020

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The update apple can do through their end. The software is in place. All it takes is for them to activate it
 
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cwedl

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No activated for me, maybe they'll activate it at 9am or 6pm? who knows. will keep looking
 
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bex206

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So, Newspapers are suggesting that apple pay is available in the UK today but I can't seem to add any cards to my passbook or anything?

Any ideas?
 
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dazcox5181

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First Direct have tweeted today that it's not ready just yet

If set region to US you do get their T&Cs though, so probably waiting on Apple to flip a server switch somewhere
 
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jacks77

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Typical Daily Mail then, lots of people on Twitter have the impression it is being released today thanks to them.
 
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