Originally Posted by
emmanuel_t
We don't have Hy-Vee in greater DC, but they sound just as bad as Safeway concerning IT.
Also, what mobile payments system could they possibly come up with? Are they going to develop another barcode-based thing like Walmart and CVS have? I think it's just easier to flip the switch for contactless, but as usually these kinds of companies never think.
Lol I'm expecting something like Hy-Vee Pay which would make sure that I would never shop there again. They do have a rewards program so they may actually do something like that.
Originally Posted by
tmiw
I found out that Chase uses Maestro for (one of?) its debit network(s) according to a FD receipt I saw today. As we know, US Maestro isn't the same as European Maestro, so it's probably of little use in practice.
Also, Safeway apparently reduced their no-CVM limit to $25 after enabling EMV (~$26 purchase produced a signature prompt on the MX915). I'm not sure if that's only for AmEx or for all card networks though.
I'll have to see if I can find a source for Hy-Vee. Is it possible that they couldn't enable contactless at all since they submitted for certification after Visa's April deadline for EMV contactless? The other stores with EMV contact + MSD contactless could very well have been grandfathered in, which would explain a few things about the weak retailer adoption of contactless in general.
Also, safe to mass-add Safeway? I don't know how many stores out there still have self-checkouts (and thus don't have EMV).
Well maybe that is the case but Hy-Vee always seemed to be anti-contactless even back in 2013 even when I made my first ever Google Wallet transaction(ctls) there. Then when I tried to use it again like 1-2 months later it was turned off and it is still off to this day. I even went to one on the ctls locator and it was still off although one location did have a register with NFC enabled but I haven't been back to see if its still on but I doubt it is now.
Goodwill pos will vary so not all use iSC250's with NCR Counterpoint, but I've seen iCT220/250's with EMV/NFC enabled at a different Goodwill division as well. Its really hard to know what solution that each separate Goodwill is using.