Press release -
Post Office Brings Apple Pay to Customers
London - 8thDecember 2020 — Post Office Travel Money today brings its customers Apple Pay, a safer, more secure and private way to pay that helps customers avoid handing their payment card to someone else, touching physical buttons or exchanging cash — and uses the power of iPhone to protect every transaction.
Post Office Travel card customers wanting to make payments abroad can now simply hold their iPhone or Apple Watch near a payment terminal to make a contactless payment. Every Apple Pay purchase is secure because it is authenticated with Face ID, Touch ID, or device passcode, as well as a one-time unique dynamic security code.
Apple Pay is accepted in grocery stores, pharmacies, taxis, restaurants, coffee shops, retail stores, and many more places. Customers can use Apple Pay for the Post Office Travel card on iPhone, iPad, and Mac to make faster and more convenient purchases abroad. Apple Pay can also be used to make payments in app on Apple Watch.
Security and privacy are at the core of Apple Pay. When customers use a credit or debit card with Apple Pay, the actual card numbers are not stored on the device, nor on Apple servers. Instead, a unique Device Account Number is assigned, encrypted, and securely stored in the Secure Element, an industry-standard, certified chip designed to store the payment information safely on the device.
Apple Pay is easy to set up. On iPhone, simply open the Wallet app, tap +, and follow the steps to add a Post Office Travel Money card. Once a customer adds a card to iPhone, Apple Watch, iPad, and Mac, they can start using Apple Pay on that device right away.
For more information on Apple Pay, visit: http://www.apple.com/apple-pay/
For more information on Post Office, please visit https://www.postoffice.co.uk/travel-money/card/apple-pay
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For more information, please contact:
Lily Cunningham
Lily.cunningham@postoffice.co.uk
Notes to Editors:
Post Office Travel Money card is a pre-paid, reloadable multi-currency card which can be managed in the Post Office Travel app. Travel Money Card is the safe, hassle-free payment option accepted by shops, restaurants and bars around the world. You can order online now or pick up at your local Post Office branch.
Travel Money Card functionality:
One prepaid Mastercard® card that stores up to 23 currencies
Manage your account, top up your card and check your balance using our mobile Travel app
With our app you can also freeze your card, view your PIN, and transfer money between currencies
Contactless-enabled for even quicker low-value purchases
Accepted in 36 million locations in over 200 countries
Available in branch - simply bring a valid UK passport or driving license
Contact our UK call centre 24/7 for lost or stolen card replacement services
Tap and pay using Apple Pay
Travel app functionality:
Order and activate your Travel Money Card, view your balance and top up your card.
Buy Travel Insurance for you and your family, where you can view and download your policy documents.
Top up, check your balance, freeze your card and view your PIN
View transaction history
Transfer any leftover currency to a currency of your choice with our new wallet-to-wallet feature
Post Office Travel Money
The Post Office is the UK’s leading provider of foreign currency, offering euro on demand at around 5,000 branches. These can also be ordered online at postoffice.co.uk for same day ‘click and collect’ at selected branches, for next day collection at any branch or for home delivery. 1,600 larger Post Office Branches stock 30 leading currencies while around 60 currencies can be pre-ordered at over 11,500 branches or online at www.postoffice.co.uk/travel for next day branch or home delivery.
About the Post Office
- With over 11,500 branches, Post Office has the biggest retail network in the UK, with more branches than all the banks and building societies combined.
- Post Office is helping anyone who wants cash to get it whichever way is most convenient. Partnership with over 30 banks, building societies and credit unions means that 99% of UK bank customers can access their accounts at their Post Office.
- Cash withdrawals, deposits and balance enquiries can be made securely and conveniently over the counter at any Post Office; and the biggest investment by any organisation or company in the last decade is being made to safeguard 1,400 free-to-use ATMs across the UK.
- Post Office is simplifying its proposition for Postmasters with a focus on itscash and banking; mails and parcels; foreign exchange; andbill paymentsservices.
- Researchhas found that visits to the Post Office help drive another 400 million visitors to other shops, restaurants and local businesses equating to an estimated £1.1 billion in additional revenue for High Street businesses.
- 99.7% of the population live within three miles of a Post Office; and 4,000 branches are open seven days a week.
