CVS Pharmacy has announced it will now accept Apple Pay in its stores. Despite already having the technology in place to use the system for many years CVS was, until recently, a member of the Merchant Customer Exchange, which promoted the rival platform CurrentC and shut off NFC terminals to encourage adoption of the service. 9to5Mac notes that CVS's payment terminals have had NFC capability for years; the company actually turned it off to prevent customers from using Apple Pay. The move is part of an effort by major retailers like Walmart and Target to make their stores more accepting of mobile payments.
CVS Pharmacy has announced it will now accept Apple Pay in its stores. Despite already having the technology in place to use the system for many years CVS was, until recently, a member of the Merchant Customer Exchange, which promoted the rival platform CurrentC and shut off NFC terminals to encourage adoption of the service. The move is part of an effort by major retailers like Walmart and Target to make their stores more accepting of mobile payments.