Question about the Merchant's side of Apple Pay

[iDonev]

Hi Rene!

First of all, thanks for creating this forum, it's really awesome.

My question is regarding Apple Pay. My country doesn't support Apple Pay (yet), but I want to get ready for that most joyous of days.

I already know that banks need to explicitly support Apple Pay, but what about merchants? What I mean is, if a merchant already accepts contactless payments, will they also (automatically) accept Apple Pay when it is available through one or more banks? Or is there a process that each merchant needs to go through in order to enable Apple Pay transactions on their POS terminals?

Thanks!

Best Regards,
Iskren

 

[rdstryr]

https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT204274

Directly from the apple website.

 

[iDonev]

Thanks!

I guess chances are good that most merchants with contactless payment terminals will support Apple Pay out of the box.

The reason why I wanted to ask Rene about this is because on one episode of the iMore Show Rene mentioned that most Canadian retailers support Apple Pay. I am curious about the ones that do not support it - do they just flat out lack contactless payment terminals or is there another reason for the Apple Pay unavailability?

 

[rdstryr]

Some retailers in the US don't support it because they have their own form of contactless payment method or are a part of another program.

 

[Jude526]

I am a lease dept manager of a store within a retailer. They accept Apple Pay.

 

[Anilu7]

I've only had two merchants not accept Apple Pay (Canada) with contactless terminals. One is Walmart, which is a founding member of CurrentC and is an Apple Pay opponent and the other is Hero Burger.