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JCPenney Reinstates Apple Pay

The department store retailer faced backlash after taking away the payment option without much warning

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5 years ago

June 28, 2019

VMSD Staff

JCPenney (Plano, Texas) has reinstated the use of Apple Pay at its locations, according to The Mac Observer. Reportedly a JCPenney support employee Tweeted that the offering would be available again by June 19.

The department store retailer had stopped accepting Apple Pay and other contactless payments a few months prior, after reportedly trying to meet a deadline given by Visa, asking retailers to “move from magnetic stripe contactless technology to … EMV technology,” The Mac Observer reports.

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