Google Shutting Down Wallet Card

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Post by smharris65 » Thu, Mar 31, 2016, 8:03 PM UTC

Google Shutting Down Wallet Card
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Re: Google Shutting Down Wallet Card

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Post by blakesterz » Thu, Mar 31, 2016, 8:25 PM UTC

hmm, not even sure what that was. I know this sounds like sour grapes complaining so feel free to read it in Verruca Salt's voice if you want... This is why I am scared to try anything new from Google. I know why they do it, I know how they do things, I totally get it, but it does not make it better. I know they like trying new things. I know they're not afraid to get rid of things that aren't performing like they want. But as a little guy, just part of the big group of users they monetize every day, I can't ever use anything new from them because I'm just afraid it will be gone in a year or two. I don't expect them to keep every damn thing running forever, I really get that they can't, but they seem over eager to shut things down, even if they seem to be used by no small number of people. e.g. Google Keep. Tried, loved it, never used it again. I'm still afraid it'll die any day now. /Verucca

Re: Google Shutting Down Wallet Card

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Post by kaeawc » Thu, Mar 31, 2016, 8:27 PM UTC

I am sad about this. I've used the card since it came out years ago. Reloading, paying, canceling, renewing, locking were all so super easy. Only reason I didn't switch to Simple was because of the existence of Google Wallet + card, guess I'll be looking into that now.

Re: Google Shutting Down Wallet Card

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Post by mchahn » Thu, Mar 31, 2016, 8:28 PM UTC

This makes it obvious how successful the Wallet Card was, I wonder how well Google Pay is doing. I would not have even heard about Google pay if I wasn't on HN, and I have used Android from the beginning.

Re: Google Shutting Down Wallet Card

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Post by gkoberger » Thu, Mar 31, 2016, 8:31 PM UTC

blakesterz wrote: post #2

hmm, not even sure what that was. I know this sounds like sour grapes complaining so feel free to read it in Verruca Salt's voice if you want... This is why I am scared to try anything new from Google. I know why they do it, I know how they do things, I totally get it, but it does not make it better. I know they like trying new things. I know they're not afraid to get rid of things that aren't performing like they wa…

'Tis better to have loved and lost than never to have loved at all.

Re: Google Shutting Down Wallet Card

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Post by grahamburger » Thu, Mar 31, 2016, 8:31 PM UTC

This is the first of Google's product cancellations that will affect me personally. My wife and I have been using Google Wallet cards for budgeting - we transfer our spending money to the cards each week to help track our spending. Honestly there's no reason Google Wallet was superior for this - I expect Simple will solve our problems better anyway. Should have seen this coming when they split it off of Android Pay.

Re: Google Shutting Down Wallet Card

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Post by cakes » Thu, Mar 31, 2016, 8:31 PM UTC

This really is too bad, was convenient at some points for me. Any good suggestions that are of the similar load-and-use-as-needed variety?

Re: Google Shutting Down Wallet Card

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Post by mpg33 » Thu, Mar 31, 2016, 8:35 PM UTC

mchahn wrote: post #4

This makes it obvious how successful the Wallet Card was, I wonder how well Google Pay is doing. I would not have even heard about Google pay if I wasn't on HN, and I have used Android from the beginning.

I think a lot of banks are reluctant to let google and apple in on transaction fees so they are reluctant to help make it successful.

Re: Google Shutting Down Wallet Card

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Post by curt15 » Thu, Mar 31, 2016, 8:35 PM UTC

mchahn wrote: post #4

This makes it obvious how successful the Wallet Card was, I wonder how well Google Pay is doing. I would not have even heard about Google pay if I wasn't on HN, and I have used Android from the beginning.

While Apple Pay adds dozens of banks each month, the list of Android Pay participating banks seems to have barely budged since the beginning (https://support.google.com/androidpay/answer/6314169?hl=en). In particular, Chase still doesn't work with Android Pay.

Re: Google Shutting Down Wallet Card

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Post by grahamburger » Thu, Mar 31, 2016, 8:37 PM UTC

curt15 wrote: post #9

mchahn wrote: post #4

This makes it obvious how successful the Wallet Card was, I wonder how well Google Pay is doing. I would not have even heard about Google pay if I wasn't on HN, and I have used Android from the beginning.

While Apple Pay adds dozens of banks each month, the list of Android Pay participating banks seems to have barely budged since the beginning ( https://support.google.com/androidpay/answer/6314169?hl=en ). In particular, Chase still doesn't work with Android Pay.

Honest question, I must be missing something here - Why does your bank need to participate? I just add the card number from any credit or debit card and tap to pay just works. I don't use any of the banks on the supported list.

EDIT: Taking a stab at answering my own question - it looks like you can only set up ACH drafts from the list of supported banks, but as far as I can tell you can use any major credit card to fund purchases.

EDIT AGAIN: As pointed out below, this only works for me because I added these cards in to the old app and they were grandfathered in.