Trick To Avoid The 3% Apple Pay Cash Fee For Sending Money Via iMessages
Last updated on December 9th, 2017 at 06:34 pm
Posted in TILs by Patricia on December 6, 2017If you use a credit card you will be taxed with the 3% industry standard fee. That might not seem much, but if you become a frequent Apple Pay Cash user, this adds up in time. Fortunately, there is a way to avoid giving out 3 dollars for every 100 bucks spent, even if you don’t have enough credit on your Apple Pay Cash Card. If you do have money on the new Wallet card, funds will be subtracted from this virtual account and no fee will be charged.
How To Avoid The 3% Apple Pay Cash Fee
Use A Debit Card: If you use a debit card instead of a credit card to fund your Apple Pay Cash transactions you won’t be charged the 3 percent fee. If you did not add a debit card when you initially set up the service here is what you have to do:
1. Open the Wallet app from your iOS Home screen.
2. Tap the “+” icon available in the top-right corner, to add a new card to Apple Pay.
3. Enter the 16-digit number available on your debit card and provide the security code available on the backside of the plastic. That’s it.
How To Pay: Open the Messages app and browse to a conversation with a contact that you want to send money to. Open the iMessage App Store section and tap the Apple Pay icon. Enter the amount of money that you want to transfer an tap on Pay. Next, tap the “up arrow” and you’ll get to the prompt to select a card. If a credit card is selected the 3% Credit Card Fee will be added. Tap on the card and you will be able to switch for the recently added debit card. Notice how the fee disappears?
Authorize Payment: The final step is to use the TouchID or Face ID authentication system, depending on your iPhone model, to release the funds to your iOS contact!
What’s A Debit Card?
A debit card is an ATM card that’s issued by a bank and is linked with a bank account. Transactions via debit card are instantly authorized, but require that you have eligible funds in the paired bank account. The virtual Apple Pay Cash Card works with the same principle as a bank issued debit card.
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I see how to send but how to spend , my son keeps loosing his ID and has no debit card so if I send him $ on a Iphone , can he use his phone as Apple cash in stores that accepts Apple Pay ? And the same question for Facebook pay but there’s no one that takes Facebook pay , a debit card is needed to transfer funds ????