Users in reddit and other online forums have reported that contactless/apple pay with non-visa debit cards fails to work at Costco in the US. Presumably, this would be because Costco’s system is trying to run ALL contactless payments as credit, so it declines anything other than visa. ...
I use Apple Pay for the vast majority of my payments in stores here in Canada. Retailers that don't have contactless terminals are in the very small minority. Those holdouts (Lowes, Home Depot, Wally-Mart), I tend to avoid as much as possible. I live right ...
Partnerships:Another reason is that some retailers have agreements with other card issuers. As an example, you might wonder “Does Costco take Discover Card?” Costco is the only major retailer that does not accept Discover based on a partner contract with another major card carrier. ...