The other thing that is really great is that if the terminal is properly enabled (a lot in Ireland aren't) you can use if for transactions above €30 because the unlocking of your phone acts as an authentication.
Using androidpay?Why don't you just enter your PIN?
Using androidpay?
There's no PIN. Your phone just has to be unlocked for you to use it.OK, a bit confused there, don't use it myself. I thought it was like chip and pin where you tap for under €30 and swipe and enter PIN for over €30. Obviously not so?
Oh, this would be really useful for me. I'm THAT guy in front of you in the queue at Tesco, Aldo etc who finds their shopping-basket at checkout is hitting around EUR35-EUR36 and one-by-one the cashier has to void various purchases to bring me back under the EUR30 limit. And then we do a second transaction for all the items costing cumulatively EUR5-EUR6 ! Yes, I'm that guy!
Yes the problem is that most terminals in Ireland aren't enabled for the 2 types of contactless the authenticated (Google Pay and Android Pay) and the non authenticated simple tab, so the €30 limit is enforced. In the UK and the States I have charged way over the €30 limit. I have also found a number of restaurants in Dublin where it works correctly.
You just have to comfortable with the failed attempt, I have never tried tesco but will let you know if I do.
And none of the ones with high security are available outside of China/Korea/Japan etc (family member in online security industry and doesn't recommend the USA based products due to security issues)
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