Target currently has "** plans" to support
Apple Pay in its stores, a company spokesperson confirmed to
MacRumors today.
Regarding a
since-deleted AskTarget tweet that said
Apple Pay was "awesome" and suggested support was forthcoming, the U.S. retail giant said "the information shared with this guest was incorrect."
We have ** Plans or work Underway currently to make Apple Pay available in our stores.
We continue to offer Apple Pay for online purchases in the Target app. And while we are exploring mobile wallet opportunities for our stores, we have ** updates on our Plans to share at this time.
Target has been one of the most **table
Apple Pay holdouts since the iPhone-based payments service launched in October 2014.
In May 2015,
Target CEO Brian Cornell said the retailer
would be "open-minded" about supporting additional payment systems like
Apple Pay after implementing chip-and-PIN card support.
Target began supporting chip-and-PIN cards in October 2015, but it has yet to
Accept Apple Pay in its stores.
Last month,
Target confirmed it
Plans to
launch its own mobile payment service in its
Stores this year. An earlier report said the retailer was
leaning towards using QR code tech**logy for the wallet app, rather than NFC, enabling customers to purchase goods by scanning a code at checkout akin to
Walmart Pay.
Target was a founding member of the
Merchant Customer Exchange (MCX), a consortium of retailers that planned to launch the indefinitely-postponed payments platform
CurrentC. A number of MCX members have since reversed course and began to
Accept Apple Pay, including
Best Buy and pharmacy chain
Rite-Aid.
Target does support
Apple Pay in its
shopping app for in-app payments.
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