02-26-2020, 10:42 PM
It's not Discover.
It's Green Dot Bank, a debit card company.
Well, there's some confusion on my part as this:
https://appleinsider.com/articles/17/12/...debit-card
and Network Discover Debit under my Apple Cash 'Card Details' do in fact say 'Discover Debit'. There may be some minutiae I'm missing, but it's mostly irrelevant.
...Safeway doesn't have any weird requirements.
When Safeway first started accepting Apple Pay, I'd swipe my Safeway club card, then use Apple Pay (tied to my debit card) on my Watch, then enter my PIN.
This went on until the Apple Card was issued. I switched my Primary Apple Pay card from debit to the Apple card. I'd swipe my Safeway club card, then use Apple Pay (tied to my Apple Card) on my Watch. PIN no longer required.
That was fine for a few months. Then Safeway started requiring a phone number when using Apple Pay. The above drill no longer worked.
If I don't use the Club card, Apple Pay can be used without giving a phone number.
If I use any physical card in the terminal, a phone number isn't required.
Using Apple Pay requires me to enter a phone number.
At CVS, I use the little keychain barcode tag, wave my watch.
No phone number.
Done.
It's Green Dot Bank, a debit card company.
Well, there's some confusion on my part as this:
https://appleinsider.com/articles/17/12/...debit-card
and Network Discover Debit under my Apple Cash 'Card Details' do in fact say 'Discover Debit'. There may be some minutiae I'm missing, but it's mostly irrelevant.
...Safeway doesn't have any weird requirements.
When Safeway first started accepting Apple Pay, I'd swipe my Safeway club card, then use Apple Pay (tied to my debit card) on my Watch, then enter my PIN.
This went on until the Apple Card was issued. I switched my Primary Apple Pay card from debit to the Apple card. I'd swipe my Safeway club card, then use Apple Pay (tied to my Apple Card) on my Watch. PIN no longer required.
That was fine for a few months. Then Safeway started requiring a phone number when using Apple Pay. The above drill no longer worked.
If I don't use the Club card, Apple Pay can be used without giving a phone number.
If I use any physical card in the terminal, a phone number isn't required.
Using Apple Pay requires me to enter a phone number.
At CVS, I use the little keychain barcode tag, wave my watch.
No phone number.
Done.