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08-23-2016, 09:51 PM
While its parent company Walmart remains one of the most **table Apple Pay holdouts (http://www.macrumors.com/2015/12/10/walmart-pay-for-ios-android-an**uncement/) in the United States, British supermarket chain Asda (http://www.asda.com/) **w appears to be testing (https://twitter.com/AsdaServiceTeam/status/765239179802398726) the mobile payments service at select locations in the United Kingdom.
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The supermarket chain, which has 626 stores across the U.K., recently confirmed on Twitter that Apple Pay (http://www.macrumors.com/roundup/apple-pay/) is something it is "currently trialling in a few of our stores," but it remains unclear if the testing will lead to a wider rollout in the future.
A few Asda customers have recently tweeted about the newly enabled Apple Pay support at superstore locations in Aberdeen, Scotland and Ferring, a small village located about 60 miles southwest from London, England.
@Hyperglaucoma (https://twitter.com/Hyperglaucoma) Thanks, I believe this is something we're currently trialling in a few of our stores. Thanks, Beth
— Asda Service Team (@AsdaServiceTeam) August 15, 2016 (https://twitter.com/AsdaServiceTeam/status/765239179802398726)
As recently as August 12, a support representative tweeted that Asda does **t currently accept Apple Pay, but that it does accept contactless payments in some of its stores. Apple Pay generally works where contactless payments are accepted, but some retailers have specific policies against accepting Apple Pay.
In 1999, Asda was purchased by Walmart, which recently completed a nationwide launch (http://www.macrumors.com/2016/07/04/walmart-pay-**w-accepted-19-more-states/) of its own QR code-based mobile payments solution Walmart Pay (http://www.macrumors.com/2015/12/10/walmart-pay-for-ios-android-an**uncement/) in the United States. Walmart was initially committed to the Merchant Customer Exchange (MCX) consortium and its **w indefinitely postponed payments service CurrentC.
In related news, Clydesdale Bank, Yorkshire Bank, and digital banking service B introduced Apple Pay support (http://www.macrumors.com/2016/08/18/apple-pay-clydesdale-bank-yorkshire-bank-b-u-k/) for cardholders in the U.K. last week.
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The supermarket chain, which has 626 stores across the U.K., recently confirmed on Twitter that Apple Pay (http://www.macrumors.com/roundup/apple-pay/) is something it is "currently trialling in a few of our stores," but it remains unclear if the testing will lead to a wider rollout in the future.
A few Asda customers have recently tweeted about the newly enabled Apple Pay support at superstore locations in Aberdeen, Scotland and Ferring, a small village located about 60 miles southwest from London, England.
@Hyperglaucoma (https://twitter.com/Hyperglaucoma) Thanks, I believe this is something we're currently trialling in a few of our stores. Thanks, Beth
— Asda Service Team (@AsdaServiceTeam) August 15, 2016 (https://twitter.com/AsdaServiceTeam/status/765239179802398726)
As recently as August 12, a support representative tweeted that Asda does **t currently accept Apple Pay, but that it does accept contactless payments in some of its stores. Apple Pay generally works where contactless payments are accepted, but some retailers have specific policies against accepting Apple Pay.
In 1999, Asda was purchased by Walmart, which recently completed a nationwide launch (http://www.macrumors.com/2016/07/04/walmart-pay-**w-accepted-19-more-states/) of its own QR code-based mobile payments solution Walmart Pay (http://www.macrumors.com/2015/12/10/walmart-pay-for-ios-android-an**uncement/) in the United States. Walmart was initially committed to the Merchant Customer Exchange (MCX) consortium and its **w indefinitely postponed payments service CurrentC.
In related news, Clydesdale Bank, Yorkshire Bank, and digital banking service B introduced Apple Pay support (http://www.macrumors.com/2016/08/18/apple-pay-clydesdale-bank-yorkshire-bank-b-u-k/) for cardholders in the U.K. last week.
Related Roundup: Apple Pay (http://www.macrumors.com/roundup/apple-pay/)
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