Apple Pay appears to be down, particularly for Chase clients – Verge staff have had their playing cards declined whereas making an attempt to pay with Chase playing cards utilizing Apple Pay, whereas utilizing the identical bodily card works tremendous. A number of individuals on Threads confirmed the identical downside after I requested – though individuals with non-Chase banks like Citi appear to be utilizing Apple Pay simply tremendous.
Apple's system standing web page says that Apple Pay and Pockets are present process upkeep that started at 12:00 a.m. — which is a reasonably odd time to start out upkeep that breaks funds. The web page additionally says “Some customers in Maryland could expertise points,” however we've had experiences in each New York and LA, so it seems to be like we're all into crab desserts and soccer right now.
For what it's value, Chase's buyer help line at present has wait occasions of as much as 15 minutes, and brokers are telling those that Apple Pay is “going by upkeep” to obtain “an sudden improve,” which is a pleasant understatement . Sadly, nobody appears to know when issues might be mounted. We've reached out to Apple for remark; we'll replace if we hear something.