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Rite Aid and CVS Block Apple Pay and Google Wallet

Posted by samzenpus on from the your-money-is-no-good-here dept.

An anonymous reader writes CVS and Rite Aid have reportedly shut off the NFC-based contactless payment option at point of sale terminals in thousands of stores. The move will make it impossible to pay for products using Apple Pay or Google Wallet. Rite Aid posted at their stores: "Please note that we do not accept Apple Pay at this time. However we are currently working with a group of large retailers to develop a mobile wallet that allows for mobile payments attached to credit cards and bank accounts directly from a smart phone. We expect to have this feature available in the first half of 2015."

2 of 558 comments (clear)

  1. Re:There will be what we end up using by QuietLagoon · · Score: 0, Flamebait
    Yup, multiple credit cards have been able to survive over the long term.

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    Why not multiple NFC payment methods?

    I applaud CVS and RiteAid for working with other retailers to provide an alternative to what I view as Apple's heavy-handed lock-in payment system.

  2. Re:No thanks. by aaaaaaargh! · · Score: 1, Flamebait

    And I'll take none of them. Why the fuck would anyone pay with a mobile phone when you can just pay with a card?

    It's not as if a phone is smaller than a card, easier to handle or more secure, this whole "phone wallet" idea makes no sense.