Halifax & G Pay

Chino

born_again said:

Gpay does require biometric authentication.
Certainly can't use it on my phone without fingerprint unlocking.

Are you sure that, at least for amounts not exceeding £45, it doesn't simply require the phone to be unlocked - which could be by PIN and not by biometric?

SuperHans1

I use Google Pay with my Halifax credit card and have made transactions over £45 without an issue. Can't say that I have tried with the Halifax Debit Card.

Shakin_Steve

Chino said:

born_again said:

Gpay does require biometric authentication.
Certainly can't use it on my phone without fingerprint unlocking.

Are you sure that, at least for amounts not exceeding £45, it doesn't simply require the phone to be unlocked - which could be by PIN and not by biometric?

The payment I made last week, for over £80, only required my phone to be unlocked.

ischris85

Badwolf74 said:

Hi, I'm struggling to understand why the Halifax bank allow limitless mobile payments with Apple Pay but not G Pay. I had a IPhone for years and used Apple Pay all the time and was confident that it would always work well over the then £30 contactless limit, sometimes making payments well over £200 with my iPhone. I then moved to Android and researched G Pay, I was confident that G pay would be the same but alas not. Halifax see it fit to limit G pay users to £45 but allow Apple Pay limitless payments. Typical example my wife has Apple Pay and we had a lunch bill for £60 I tried to pay with GPay on our joint debit card but it got declined, my wife then paid with Apple Pay and hay presto it went through same account/card. Very frustrating especially as I suffer from Crohn's Disease and although not shielding would like to limit the amount of contact points like chip and pin readers.

https://support.google.com/pay/answer/7351534?hl=en

born_again

Chino said:

born_again said:

Gpay does require biometric authentication.
Certainly can't use it on my phone without fingerprint unlocking.

Are you sure that, at least for amounts not exceeding £45, it doesn't simply require the phone to be unlocked - which could be by PIN and not by biometric?

Always unlock mine with my finger. Have found in the past it did not like pin being entered and then payment being made.