 Pay Discussions [Read first page for FAQ]

[karenwoods]

Go hawker centre will still need cash.

 

[wharzhee]

Go hawker centre will still need cash.

what's ur point in saying this?

 

[icyflame]

Most of the credit card terminals are in wireless and connected to wifi, no extra cost to have it as bank will provide for free to merchant..

It is a cost to the bank. I think the OpenTable option is the best. Hope it comes to Sg together with Apple Pay.

 

[EldonChew]

you sure ? Local banks are slow in embracing technology

You can already use Apple Pay in Singapore with a US credit card on MasterCard’s PayPass or Visa’s payWave terminal.

 

[Slim123]

Kamen Rider Black arrived in SG early than Apple Pay!!! LOL

 

[sanjeevrana]

You can already use Apple Pay in Singapore with a US credit card on MasterCard’s PayPass or Visa’s payWave terminal.

Unless you have tried this I am pretty much sure its not yet possible because the backend software needs to be able to process this which is not yet in place here in SG

 

[EldonChew]

Unless you have tried this I am pretty much sure its not yet possible because the backend software needs to be able to process this which is not yet in place here in SG

It is possible.

http://lesterchan.net/blog/2014/10/22/using-apple-pay-in-singapore/

 

[sanjeevrana]

That's interesting ... my US prepaid Visa card is not yet supported though ... bummer

 

[szeli]

Kamen Rider Black arrived in SG early than Apple Pay!!! LOL

umm, that is Kuuga not Black... anyway back to e topic...

 

[sriramsg]

now most mcdonalds accept paypass and paywave jus look out for the black terminal

 

[sriramsg]

I don't really like the idea of taking my card away and come back. I like to go to counter and pay so I can see what they do with my card.

some cc machines have devices on them that record ur card info so that u don't know ur card info is recored , like atm skimming

 

[Windowlover]

Some features is too extreme that SG knew and cannot use.

 

[sriramsg]

well. the self checkout thing is very big in Europe and Australia.. Australia accepts notes. their machines are good

the NTUC one jus flash and go? or its still using NETS?
flash and go = no security
NETS = still need PIN

Apple pay: fingerprint
NETS: pin

 

[sriramsg]

you can't. haha.

BTW getting Apple Pay to support Singapore banks is NOT about whether Apple wants to support Singapore, but whether Singapore banks want to beg Apple to let them join. After Apple announced the biggest banks in USA supporting Apple Pay, >500 smaller banks in the US were begging Apple for them to join. Given that the SG banks website and mobile apps are still crap compared to the US banks, we'll probably only see Apple Pay for SG banks in 2020

NO the banks still have to support the tokenization process

 

[gardiboy]

NO the banks still have to support the tokenization process

Look at the DBS, UOB mobile apps for iOS.

None of them are even properly designed to fit the new iphone 6 screen.

Please don't even smell about Apple Pay

 

[battledome64]

Look at the DBS, UOB mobile apps for iOS.

None of them are even properly designed to fit the new iphone 6 screen.

Please don't even smell about Apple Pay

Agreed they are so buggy

Everytime say we encountered an error. Tel our 24 hotline. Error code bla bla

It's so troublesome

 

[Picory0]

6s is out but still not much sound on the payment ecosystem.

Just a little history, mobile nfc payment is a 11 years old technology. Ntt Docomo has Osaifu Keitai (mobile wallet) in 2004, using the FeliCa standard.

A decade down, such technology are still not accepted here even though previously our ezlink cards were all using FeliCa chip

 

[derrickgoh]

6s is out but still not much sound on the payment ecosystem.

Just a little history, mobile nfc payment is a 11 years old technology. Ntt Docomo has Osaifu Keitai (mobile wallet) in 2004, using the FeliCa standard.

A decade down, such technology are still not accepted here even though previously our ezlink cards were all using FeliCa chip

I think the problem lies with the fact that there are various systems for cashless. Visa & Master share one machine. Amex contactless I believe requires its own machine. EZ Link needs own machine. NETS Flashpay requires another machine. How many machines do you expect vendors to rent? And its not cheap to rent.

 

[spidercyj]

I don't think it's all Apple fault, have to see the vendor wanna support and if Apple wanna woo them. It's more of business than technology limitation.

 

[Picory0]

I think the problem lies with the fact that there are various systems for cashless. Visa & Master share one machine. Amex contactless I believe requires its own machine. EZ Link needs own machine. NETS Flashpay requires another machine. How many machines do you expect vendors to rent? And its not cheap to rent.

All can use the same nfc standard. But maybe rental business is more fruitful?