If you moved to ANZ, you should use the Grow by ANZ app, not GoMoney which is so rubbish. Grow is actually fairly decent.
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Damn right. I just use the mobile website - it’s a far cry better than GoMoney.
Yeah I installed both Grow and Go Money. To be honest the functionality seems pretty similar, the only advantage of Grow is that you can use Touch ID and it works properly on the ipad.
Apple Pay itself is pretty great now that I can use it absolutely everywhere. Even though I’ll end up paying an Annual Fee after the first year, I don’t see myself switching away unless someone else gets it in the meantime.
Grow also lets you add a widget in iOS 10’s today screen with your current balance 
So I can see how broke I am without unlocking my phone? 
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Apple Pay is coming to a bunch of credit unions via Cuscal.
Hopefully this puts more pressure on the other big banks.
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I am seriously looking to switch to ANZ (I opened an account with them a few months back to use Apple Pay) from NAB. I am still with NAB purely out of convenience (they have a branch where I work).
This gives me more options, as I much prefer credit unions. Unfortunately the community credit union I have an account with is not not the list (not with CUSCAL it would seem)…
I went into my credit union today, who are on the list, and they told me that their credit card is actually through another credit union. Who are also on the list, so that’s good. Probably worth asking yours if they do their own or not.
I currently have ANZ and CBA cards and, whilst I’m happy to be able to use Apple Pay on the ANZ card - it’s pretty cool - they are bastards to deal with. I know they’re all arses, but I’ve had no trouble with my CBA card and they seem to be a bit cooler if you’re a day late with your payment or whatever. I’ve been clobbered with interest a few times with the ANZ card now and it’s usury. I always pay it off in full but recently got hit with $55 interest for being 1 day late on an $880 balance. Savage.
I wonder what, if anything, building societies are doing about Apple Pay.
Does anyone know which of these institutions has the best banking app?
Received an email this morning: Introducing Apple Pay for Horizon Credit Union Visa Debit & Credit cardholders
I thought they were affiliated with Bendigo Bank. I guess they are with Cuscal…
Might even shift from ANZ…
I’m in the land of the free at the moment. Interestingly there aren’t a lot of places that take Apple Pay. In Aus I’m pretty sure that it works with all of the paywave/tap eftpos machines, so if they accept contactless visa or amex and you have an amex or ANZ visa loaded into Apple Pay it works. Here in the States there are many more places that take contactless cards than there were a few years ago, but they don’t all take Apple Pay. I was in Gap - oh no, we only take Samsung Pay. Huh? Oh well. It’s not all bad in Australia!
Welp this is a blow for the banks. Boohoo them. http://mobile.abc.net.au/news/2016-11-29/apple-pay-accc-denies-big-banks-collective-bargaining/8074038
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Suck it. Now get on with offering Apple Pay.
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Exactly what I hoped for, now maybe the banks will pull their fingers out and get Apple Pay done
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Unlikely. Still more colluding, appealing and whinging before it gets to that.
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Of course, the big banks will hold their breath and stamp their feet until march
Sick of CBA pretending they’re doing me a favour. Switching this weekend. ANZ have a promo on ATM.
https://www.facebook.com/ANZAustralia/posts/1178486122268824
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Amex has a “mobile wallets” offer at the moment - $10 statement credit when you spend $30 via Apple Pay (or samsung/android pay). You have to register for it first through your online account access or via the app and then spend $30 by 27/12/16.