Rite Aid and CVS Block Apple Pay and Google Wallet

Posted by samzenpus on Sunday October 26, 2014 @05:52AM 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."

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Re:Good for them by Ksevio · 2014-10-26 06:25 · Score: 1, Funny

So you're saying that the good old magstripe is somehow MORE secure than an NFC phone that requires secondary authentication? Or is it you just haven't figured out how to turn NFC on?
Re:No thanks. by hey! · 2014-10-26 06:31 · Score: 5, Funny

Yes but we're Americans. If we pay attention to what works for you then the socialists have won.

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Re:Good luck with that. by Anonymous Coward · 2014-10-26 09:28 · Score: 1, Funny

I'm Canadian, I am not sure what the equivalent is in the US.
We call them Americans.