Soldato
Added my Lloyds and Halifax cards to the app, went through quite quickly but I've gotta call both banks to get them to activate them. My ancient Capital One credit card wasn't supported at all, but no love lost as I hate Capital One 
Tap. Pay. UK. - Android Pay in the UK
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Soldato
Well, I have a HSBC account, but I don't use it much compared to my Barclays.
Not like my phone is compatible anyway... no NFC and it's rooted. I can wait for the next Nexus, hopefully more banks will join in by then, and better Android Pay support in shops.
Not like my phone is compatible anyway... no NFC and it's rooted
. I can wait for the next Nexus, hopefully more banks will join in by then, and better Android Pay support in shops.
Just installed it on my Nexus 6P. Hoping my Llyods Debit card works well with it. Not entirely sure how I'll use AP yet as I can't see it benefitting me vs contactless that I use most of the time.
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Setup with no problems using my Halifax card, they sent me a confirmation text for security.
Just used it at my local Morrisons, am impressed.
Just used it at my local Morrisons, am impressed.
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That's not true at all though is it
Remember the massive outage in 2012 lasting over a week? I think they got a huge bill for that one (60m?). They have big outages at least once a year
Didn't they lose the entire online services in jan of this year?I really wouldn't trust them
Soldato
Yes you're correct on this and I was also annoyed until...
Barclays have now announced they will build in their own support through the banking app, so it's not all bad.
http://www.theguardian.com/money/2016/may/12/barclays-contactless-payment-app-android-phones
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That's not true at all though is it
Remember the massive outage in 2012 lasting over a week? I think they got a huge bill for that one (60m?). They have big outages at least once a year
I really wouldn't trust them
Plenty of other banks have massive outages to? I don't remember the last time a NatWest outage affected me and they've been my only bank for the last decade.
Was about to post the same thing. Happy with this, was genuinely about to move banks.
Added my Lloyds and Halifax cards to the app, went through quite quickly but I've gotta call both banks to get them to activate them. My ancient Capital One credit card wasn't supported at all, but no love lost as I hate Capital One
Mine says to phone, is it just the automated press 1 if this was you or 2 to refuse, or do you need to actually talk to someone.
Man of Honour
Had a tweet back from Barclays UK saying they will release their contactless add on for the main Barclays app in June. Obviously at present the Barclaycard app has it, but the main app will support both cards.
So not the end of the world, at least there's mobile payments via one of the apps.
So not the end of the world, at least there's mobile payments via one of the apps.
Soldato
I don't get why banks don't just go with android pay and be done with it. why go it alone? It's just going to cause annoyance and reduce up take. Contactless card payments is far less secure than contactless phone payments so you'd think they'd prefer everyone to use this.
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Barclays' implementation sounds identical to the Barclaycard Contactless solution (surprise, surprise). The Barclaycard app actually works really well and you can pay up to £100 rather than the usual £30.
I can't remember any coming close to the scale of that NatWest outage.
I tried Android Pay at lunchtime. Worked fine in Morrisons.
This is a standard Galaxy Note 4 and bank of Scotland Debit Card.
Setup was really easy, with a text sent to my mobile from the bank to confirm setup details.
Now all google need to do is roll this out to Android Wear and I can then use my smartwatch to pay for stuff!
This is a standard Galaxy Note 4 and bank of Scotland Debit Card.
Setup was really easy, with a text sent to my mobile from the bank to confirm setup details.
Now all google need to do is roll this out to Android Wear and I can then use my smartwatch to pay for stuff!
Adding my Lloyds Debit card was flawless here. Look forward to using it on my bus trip to work tomorrow morning!
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Same here, working fine on my LG G4, just used it to buy a coffee. Any news on Android Wear support? It would be nice to be able to leave my phone in my pocket and pay for things with my Zenwatch
