USA contactless credit/debit/transit (2014-2016)
#1906
Join Date: Sep 2014
Posts: 1,722
Update: I went back to that location today and the iSC250 didn't have any green lights lit. I couldn't test because my purchase was once again below the $5 minimum but either it's not turned on at all or the clerk has to do something to turn it on (which is weird because it said "please swipe" the entire time).
I also got to test Google Wallet at a local Dollar Tree today, it only said "Please Swipe Card" but it worked perfectly there. The cashier couldn't figure out how to run it as credit so another employee helped her with that and if I recall correctly he said they would be supporting it officially soon. Dollar Tree is listed on the Mastercard locator in Canada as well.
#1907
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Join Date: Jan 2014
Location: San Diego, CA
Programs: GE, Marriott Platinum
Posts: 15,486
Samsung released a how-to video for Samsung Pay:
Interestingly, they only seem to demonstrate MST and not NFC. Thoughts as to why?
Interestingly, they only seem to demonstrate MST and not NFC. Thoughts as to why?
#1908
Join Date: Apr 2015
Posts: 489
Can anyone confirm if Samsung Pay has EMV capabilities? I would assume no to allow the MST and NFC card number to be the same, which keeps the chip enabled terminals from forcing an insert of a phone. Samsung Pay has started a beta, and I will be switching from my iPhone 6 Plus the the Note 5 if EMV is supported.
#1909
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Location: San Diego, CA
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Can anyone confirm if Samsung Pay has EMV capabilities? I would assume no to allow the MST and NFC card number to be the same, which keeps the chip enabled terminals from forcing an insert of a phone. Samsung Pay has started a beta, and I will be switching from my iPhone 6 Plus the the Note 5 if EMV is supported.
#1910
Join Date: Apr 2015
Posts: 489
Not true. There is already a video on YouTube of a person using it at both McDonalds and Subway with the NFC function. Plus, it says on the screen to hold next to card or NFC reader. It's interesting to note that in said video, using MST didn't work at Subway, the person had to use NFC. Very odd.
#1911
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Not true. There is already a video on YouTube of a person using it at both McDonalds and Subway with the NFC function. Plus, it says on the screen to hold next to card or NFC reader. It's interesting to note that in said video, using MST didn't work at Subway, the person had to use NFC. Very odd.
#1912
Join Date: Sep 2014
Posts: 1,722
Not true. There is already a video on YouTube of a person using it at both McDonalds and Subway with the NFC function. Plus, it says on the screen to hold next to card or NFC reader. It's interesting to note that in said video, using MST didn't work at Subway, the person had to use NFC. Very odd.
#1913
Join Date: Jan 2014
Location: LAX/SFO/OAK
Posts: 218
I gave up on my looppay fob about a month after I got it last year in February. Using the thing was a total crapshoot and I'm not even talking about ATMs and gas pumps. I had to walk to my car to grab my wallet so many times that I started to get extremely frustrated. I tried a replacement but I was having the same problems and the final straw was when Citi called me to tell me that they had blocked a legitimate transaction that I was trying to do with the fob because the card data they were receiving for the transaction was incorrect.
#1914
Join Date: Apr 2015
Posts: 489
I gave up on my looppay fob about a month after I got it last year in February. Using the thing was a total crapshoot and I'm not even talking about ATMs and gas pumps. I had to walk to my car to grab my wallet so many times that I started to get extremely frustrated. I tried a replacement but I was having the same problems and the final straw was when Citi called me to tell me that they had blocked a legitimate transaction that I was trying to do with the fob because the card data they were receiving for the transaction was incorrect.
#1915
Join Date: Jun 2012
Location: New England
Programs: American Gold, Marriott Gold, Hilton Silver
Posts: 5,617
At work, I read a manual on EMV from our payment processor. If any of your local stores uses NCR Retalix as a payment processor, they will not get EMV support until 1Q 2016. NFC however, should already be implemented for those stores that want it. I saw the instructions (and was able to follow them to check the config options) and it's pretty interesting. There are options to override EMV if the chip is broken, an option to set a limit for such overridden transactions, an option to set limits for NFC transactions, and a bunch of other options including disabling NFC and EMV entirely.
#1916
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Join Date: Jan 2014
Location: San Diego, CA
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At work, I read a manual on EMV from our payment processor. If any of your local stores uses NCR Retalix as a payment processor, they will not get EMV support until 1Q 2016. NFC however, should already be implemented for those stores that want it. I saw the instructions (and was able to follow them to check the config options) and it's pretty interesting. There are options to override EMV if the chip is broken, an option to set a limit for such overridden transactions, an option to set limits for NFC transactions, and a bunch of other options including disabling NFC and EMV entirely.
#1917
Join Date: Jun 2012
Location: New England
Programs: American Gold, Marriott Gold, Hilton Silver
Posts: 5,617
NCR is National Cash Register. They supply many different POS systems and cash registers, as well as provide hardware support on NCR and other hardware. NCR Retailix is an integrated payment system. Not all stores with NCR hardware also use NCR as a payment processor. Remember those security breaches at Home Depot last year? The hackers targeted NCR Retalix.
#1918
Join Date: Apr 2015
Posts: 489
Well I switched to a S6 Edge Plus. Waiting for the stupid beta email. Hurry up Samsung!!!!! How long is this going to take!!!!
Anyway....
Does LoopPay work for anyone else at Target? It gave me a card swipe read error every time I tried both before/after the EMV rollout.
Anyway....
Does LoopPay work for anyone else at Target? It gave me a card swipe read error every time I tried both before/after the EMV rollout.
#1919
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Join Date: Jan 2014
Location: San Diego, CA
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NCR is National Cash Register. They supply many different POS systems and cash registers, as well as provide hardware support on NCR and other hardware. NCR Retailix is an integrated payment system. Not all stores with NCR hardware also use NCR as a payment processor. Remember those security breaches at Home Depot last year? The hackers targeted NCR Retalix.
#1920
Join Date: Sep 2014
Posts: 1,722
Well I switched to a S6 Edge Plus. Waiting for the stupid beta email. Hurry up Samsung!!!!! How long is this going to take!!!!
Anyway....
Does LoopPay work for anyone else at Target? It gave me a card swipe read error every time I tried both before/after the EMV rollout.
Anyway....
Does LoopPay work for anyone else at Target? It gave me a card swipe read error every time I tried both before/after the EMV rollout.