That merger isn't going to happen – at least not as it is proposed now. The union has already squashed it, and I'm sure when the government gets involved, they aren't going to allow it either.
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The restaurants probably won’t disable contactless, but if they continue having to take cards away it’s still unlikely to be used much by the staff. Let’s hope the remaining restaurants don’t make the stupid mistake of upgrading to chip by purchasing wired pinpads, as many restaurants that have already upgraded did.
I mostly use my physical card these days instead of my phone and in my experience, places that don't let you run your card yourself have been tapping for me more and more instead of just inserting. That does mean that Apple Pay becomes more difficult to impossible, but I'm also not sure that Visa and Mastercard particularly care as long as they get their "majority of transactions in the US are contactless" bragging rights.
Yeah I saw that. What stands out to me is the part about the pinpad toppers. If this is true, we now have some proof that these staunch contactless holdouts did indeed remove the built in nfc module from their pinpads. That would be the only reason why they now need an external add-on to start accepting contactless.
I just got back from a trip to SW Ohio and Kroger there most definitely isn't using external readers, just the one inside the MX915. They are probably referring to the advertising bit on top of the terminals.
I wonder what they will eventually upgrade the MX915s to? Probably the Verifone M400 but I haven't seen any Toshiba grocery upgrade to the new generation of Verifone yet. Some NCR grocery stores have upgraded to M400 already though.
I think mx925s would be a more likely upgrade. They’re almost the same as the mx915 but with a bigger screen.
I'm talking about the new generation of Verifone card machines. MX925s are just as old as MX915s. I'm thinking they will be upgrading to these: https://www.verifone.com/en/us/devices/multilane/m400
No they’re not. MX925s are newer than mx915s, and part of the new generation along with the m400.
The card machines in the UK and Ireland work differently than other countries for NFC contactless payments.
In 2023, the contactless limit costs for UK is £100 and in Ireland is €50.
A person can not use his bank card for contactless payment if their transactions are over these numbers but they can still use Apple Pay and other mobile wallets. The person would need to insert the bank card to the card machine and enter the PIN number.
This is because the card machine locks the NFC for physical cards if the transaction costs are over these numbers but not for the NFC of mobile phones and smart watches.
This shows you that the NFC for physical cards are different from NFC from mobile phones and smart watches.
In 2023, the contactless limit costs for UK is £100 and in Ireland is €50.
A person can not use his bank card for contactless payment if their transactions are over these numbers but they can still use Apple Pay and other mobile wallets. The person would need to insert the bank card to the card machine and enter the PIN number.
This is because the card machine locks the NFC for physical cards if the transaction costs are over these numbers but not for the NFC of mobile phones and smart watches.
This shows you that the NFC for physical cards are different from NFC from mobile phones and smart watches.
The same happens in Mexico. The machines do have a limit for physical cards (which varies between $250 MXN -about 12.50 USD- and $1500 MXN -about 75 USD- depending on the POS machine provider), but no limit for mobile wallets such as apple pay or google pay.
It is on June 5, 2023.
Kroger can make a post on their Facebook page and Twitter page on June 5, 2023.
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I checked a few days ago at my local Kroger banner and no dice but the cashier did tell me that a lot of people ask for contactless support. Maybe my local store is in the last round of the rollout. I'll be checking out a different location today in a different city.
This is a post made by a worker for Kroger supermarket in May 2023.
It says all Kroger supermarkets in the USA will have contactless payments and Apple Pay on June 5, 2023.
Kroger can make a post on their Facebook page and Twitter page on June 5, 2023, in which all Kroger supermarkets in the USA have contactless payments and Apple Pay.
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Yeah I know about that and that is why I said rollout. I'm expecting it to be enabled at my local location by the 5th. I was thinking the rollout would be gradual and could be earlier.
They could send instructions to all the store managers to make the change on the night of the 4th, on the store registers. It would probably be as simple as turning on contactless in the register's software. It could be done storewide in 30 mins or less, probably. So it doesn't need to be a gradual rollout.
But I bet it was via a QR or app. US restaurants usually refuse to process payments at the table using wireless card readers. They’ll do anything but that.
Many places now have table-top devices - typically Ziosk devices that offer video games, etc... but allow you to pay via card or via NFC.
Yep that seems like it will happen that way also June 5th is when Apple WWDC starts so my friend has been wondering if Apple will say anything about Kroger supporting Apple Pay.
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Are self serve checkouts like these common in the US?
These have been in most supermarkets in the UK since around 2009 and have increased even more so since covid. I usually self scan items and bag up as I go around the store, upload the total on these via a QR code that you scan with the hand held scanner, than ApplePay on the terminal. Makes shopping so much easier.
These have been in most supermarkets in the UK since around 2009 and have increased even more so since covid. I usually self scan items and bag up as I go around the store, upload the total on these via a QR code that you scan with the hand held scanner, than ApplePay on the terminal. Makes shopping so much easier.