How to actually use the Apple Card

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How to make purchases with Apple Card - Apple Support

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~Katana-San~

The Titanium Card can be “swiped” or “chip dipped” into a Point of Sale (POS) terminal.

The Titanium Card does NOT include NFC so it can’t be used for “Tap to Pay” (also why you activate the new card with it’s “shipping carrier” rather than the card itself)

AppleCard in your iPhone wallet is “Tap to Pay” via ApplePay.

NamVet69-70 wrote:

How do I use my Apple Card? I have it downloaded but can't find anything helpful to get me started. I also have the physical card but it seems it will only work with a swipe machine. The chip cannot be read due to the titanium. My phone is an iPhone X.

Do you know what Apple Pay is and how to use it? Like any other credit/debit card that is in your Wallet app you can tap-to-pay at any terminal that supports NFC tap-to-pay. You don’t even need a physical card unless you’re wanting to pay a merchant who doesn’t accept NFC. These days every merchant and their cousins use NFC, even Walmart does now.

Hi, congratulations on your new Apple Account. When you received your physical titanium card, did you follow the instructions and verify and activate the card? If not, use the packaging the card was enclosed in to complete the activation.

How to request or replace a titanium Apple Card - Apple Support

Hard to believe but yep, Walmart is finally on board. I believe they might be the last holdout. Remember CurrentC which utterly failed in the marketplace.

https://corporate.walmart.com/news/2026/08/21/more-ways-to-pay-tap-to-pay-is-coming-to-walmart-and-sams-club

Started rolling out 8/24/26

Chattanoogan wrote:

Re: “… even Walmart does now … “

Walmart is now accepting ApplePay and Tap-to-Pay ???

If so, I guess they finally accepted that a privacy-intrusive, one-off “WalMartPay” wasn’t such a great idea.

I read one article that estimated they lost over $1 billion in sales a year in 2025. The articles were speculation because no study was cited. But I know I haven’t shopped at Walmart in the last 7+ years because they didn’t accept Apple Pay. I’m sure I’m not the only one that was displeased by their poor customer experience.

Re: “… I’m sure I’m not the only one that was displeased by their poor customer experience …”

Indeed.

Their lack of ApplePay definitely “put me off” as well.

Most of my “nickel and dime” experiences were almost exclusively in conjunction with EV charging. (Electrify America co-locates at many Walmarts)

I also recall a Walmart exec once being quoted as stating that because ApplePay was “good” for Mastercard … that alone was sufficient reason for them to NOT accept it.

I've been on another planet for a few days but I'm back on this question.

I spent some time actually paying attention to the tutorials and I think I have the idea. I'm fully aware of the physical card limitations and wanted to make using the virtual card an easy exercise. I think I understand now.

Thanks~

Re: “… even Walmart does now … “

Walmart is now accepting ApplePay and Tap-to-Pay ???

If so, I guess they finally accepted that a privacy-intrusive, one-off “WalMartPay” wasn’t such a great idea.

Thanks !!!

Their resistance was, of course, due to not being able to capture customer data for marketing. Anyway I bought a bottle of Tiki Torch fuel this afternoon and Apple Pay went right through. Ta Da!