If you can't add a card to Apple Wallet to use with Apple Pay (2024)

FAQs

If you can't add a card to Apple Wallet to use with Apple Pay? ›

If you see the message "This card cannot be used," check if your bank or card issuer currently supports Apple Pay: Apple Pay participating banks in Canada, Latin America, and the United States. Apple Pay participating banks in Africa, Europe, and the Middle East.

If you see the message "This card cannot be used," check if your bank or card issuer currently supports Apple Pay: Apple Pay participating banks in Canada, Latin America, and the United States. Apple Pay participating banks in Africa, Europe, and the Middle East.

You can have up to 8 cards on a device (iCloud account required).

Insufficient balance or account in arrears. Account suspended for suspected fraud (not necessarily by you) Error in card number. Wrong expiration date.

Contact your card issuer to see if they support Apple Pay. Update to the latest version of iOS, watchOS, macOS, or visionOS. Confirm that you have Face ID, Touch ID, Optic ID, or a passcode set on your device. Make sure that you are in a supported country or region.

You might need to ask your financial institution to allow international purchases on your debit or credit card. If you want to know why a debit card, credit card, or other payment method was declined, speak with your financial institution. Apple doesn't have information about why the payment method was declined.

By default, the maximum amount you can pay in one transaction with Apple Pay is £250,000. You can turn contactless off or change your contactless limit on our Banking app by selecting Manage Cards, then selecting Contactless. Your contactless limit will be affected by the limit of the country you're in.

If you get an error that you already have the maximum amount of cards in wallet with less than 12 cards (iPhone 8 or later) 8 Cards (all models earlier than iPhone 8) signing out of your Apple ID and back in usually resolves this issue.

Everything. The Wallet app lives right on your iPhone. It's where you securely keep your credit and debit cards, driver's license or state ID, transit cards, event tickets, keys, and more — all in one place. And it all works with iPhone or Apple Watch, so you can take less with you but always bring more.

Why is Apple Store declining my card when I have money? ›

There are a number of reasons the charge or verification might be declined: Apple is not allowed to accept credit or debit cards in your country. The card is not recognized in your country. Insufficient balance or account in arrears.

One common issue is that the billing information held by Apple Pay doesn't match that held by your bank. To check your card information, go to Settings and tap your name, then Payment & Shipping.

Your card may be declined for a number of reasons: the card has expired; you're over your credit limit; the card issuer sees suspicious activity that could be a sign of fraud; or a hotel, rental car company, or other business placed a block (or hold) on your card for its estimated total of your bill.

Here is a definition of the two words to help you see the difference. Apple Pay is a safe, secure, and contactless method to make purchases in apps or physical stores on the web. Apple wallet is where you digitally store your debit and credit cards to use them for Apple Pay.

On your iPhone, open the Wallet app. Tap Add Card, then Follow the steps to select Apple Card. If you're asked to add the card that you use with your Apple ID, cards on other devices, or cards that you've recently removed, choose Apple Card.

No. Apple pay does not directly use Bank accounts. You need a debit card or credit card you can add to Apple Pay to make use of it. If you mean Apple Cash, it is in and of itself a debit card, and does not need an additional debit card for anything, but can use a bank account directly to transfer funds to and from it.

Sometimes the “This memory card cannot be used” error can simply be caused by incorrectly inserting the SD card. So, before performing complex troubleshooting methods, you need to gently remove the SD card from the device and insert the memory card properly again.

If this is the first payment that you've received or if you turned off the setting to automatically accept payments, then you need to tap to accept the money. Tap Settings > Wallet & Apple Pay, then make sure that you turned on Apple Cash.

This indicates a problem with the information entered for the card. Double-check the credit card number, expiration date, and CVV. Ensure your address matches what is on file with your bank.