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Staples Begins Accepting Apple Pay in Retail Stores
As of today, popular office supply store Staples has begun accepting Apple's Apple Pay payments service in its retail stores across the United States, according to information shared with MacRumors.Staples now offers its customers access to Apple Pay, a new service that will transform mobile payments with an easy, secure and private way to pay. In Staples over 1,400 stores in the United States, Apple Pay works with iPhone 6, iPhone 6 Plus and Apple Watch, upon availability.When Apple Pay was first announced, Staples was listed as one of the retailers implementing in-store support for the payments service "later this year" along with Anthropologie, Free People, Sephora, Urban Outfitters, and Walt Disney World.
Staples has been an eager Apple Pay partner, initially promising support for the service back in September. The Staples iOS app has included Apple Pay support since it first launched on October 20, and when Staples announced Apple Pay integration, it said that in-store availability would be rolling out "within a few weeks."
Apple first teamed up with Staples last year, with the two striking a deal that saw Staples selling Apple products in its U.S. stores for the first time beginning in September. Since then, Staples has gone on to heavily promote Apple products both online and in stores, offering frequent deals.
With the addition of Staples, Apple Pay now has 34 retail partners, including competing office supply store Office Depot and other major retailers like Macy's, Disney, Foot Locker, Petco, Walgreens, and Toys R Us. Apple Pay is also accepted in any store that supports NFC contactless payments.
Retailers have largely been silent on the popularity of Apple Pay during its first month of availability, but Whole Foods' chief information officer told The Wall Street Journal that the company had processed 150,000 Apple Pay transactions in the 17 days following its October 20 debut. That equates to an estimated one percent of all Whole Foods transactions.
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68 months ago
Huge scoop! What a story!! This will revolutionize the way we purchase printer paper!!!
68 months ago
the true secure Apple Pay or just good old less secure but as convenient NFC?
You do know that Apple Pay is synonymous with NFC as far as the end-user and the retailers are concerned, right? Apple Pay uses NFC technology.
68 months ago
Looking forward to retailers one by one climbing on board. Reminds me of back in the day when the iTunes store began taking on video content providers and they slowly but surely trickled in.
68 months ago
Dear apple,
Stop accepting apple pay at the lamest places. Here are the establishments I would love to use apple pay at:
* chipotle
* Olive Garden
* dominos
* Pizza Hut
* the rock pizza
* frys
* McClendon
* Burger King
* Amazon.com
* fred Meyer
* Safeway
* costco
* costco gas stations
* movie theaters
* Taco Bell
* Wendy's
* chilis restaurants
* Applebees
* bestbuy
* Jamba Juice which works wih softcard
* ikea
The list is in no particular order. I've also cc'en svp Greg of Apple pay as well.
Companies decide to accept Apple Pay as a form of payment. Not the other way around. Greg will tell you the same thing when he responds.;)
68 months ago
Dear apple,
Stop accepting apple pay at the lamest places. Here are the establishments I would love to use apple pay at:
* chipotle
* Olive Garden
* dominos
* Pizza Hut
* the rock pizza
* frys
* McClendon
* Burger King
* Amazon.com
* fred Meyer
* Safeway
* costco
* costco gas stations
* movie theaters
* Taco Bell
* Wendy's
* chilis restaurants
* Applebees
* bestbuy
* Jamba Juice which works wih softcard
* ikea
The list is in no particular order. I've also cc'en svp Greg of Apple pay as well.
Well it's not up to Apple where it's accepted or not. But if we're talking about lame places to spend money at... that list above does the job!
68 months ago
Am I the only one who thinks using a contactless card is quicker - and never runs out of battery?
Thanks to the folks here, I was able to track down a replacement AMEX card that comes with Chipset + Contactless.
I am also re-ordering my Chase Freedom Visa with Blink.
With these cards, I take them out of my pocket, and wave over. done. No friction with fingerprint...and I save $649 to boot!!:)
Thanks to the folks here, I was able to track down a replacement AMEX card that comes with Chipset + Contactless.
I am also re-ordering my Chase Freedom Visa with Blink.
With these cards, I take them out of my pocket, and wave over. done. No friction with fingerprint...and I save $649 to boot!!:)
68 months ago
Dear apple,
Stop accepting apple pay at the lamest places. Here are the establishments I would love to use apple pay at:
* chipotle
* Olive Garden
* dominos
* Pizza Hut
* the rock pizza
* frys
* McClendon
* Burger King
* Amazon.com
* fred Meyer
* Safeway
* costco
* costco gas stations
* movie theaters
* Taco Bell
* Wendy's
* chilis restaurants
* Applebees
* bestbuy
* Jamba Juice which works wih softcard
* ikea
The list is in no particular order. I've also cc'en svp Greg of Apple pay as well.
I encourage you to take up cooking and try to introduce a little fiber into your diet. That list of restaurant establishments is downright scary for one's health.
68 months ago
Except that a merchant that formally announces "support" for ApplePay (essentially an endorsement, if you will) is far less likely to turn off those NFC pads under pressure from MCX.
With the backlash from ApplePay and Google Wallet users against MCX and the retailers that support it, these announcements are as much a PR move as anything else.
And this isn't just in-store- it is in their app. Which warrants an announcement on their part.
It still is marketing/PR, but if it pushes progress in the NFC arena - do we care?? I don't. Bring it on!
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