Fitbit Pay... why is it attached to a specific bank?

[Tantric1]

Ok... granted I do this stuff for a living BUT... Fitbit Pay shouldn't be attached to a specific bank... it should be running off of IBAN numbers or SWIFT codes, or MC and VISA numbers. If we have to wait for every bank on the planet to be added... I will be dead 🙂 Get it together people!!! I do understand if the app only works on a given OS (such as Android and iOS) and that Windows is coming but... I have the app d/l and I can see the wallet, but there is no functionality for me to add a card in. It shouldn't matter what country I am in. My US MC should work, and I should be able to pay with it.

[WavyDavey]

Hi @Tantric1,

Thanks for your post. I must claim ignorance-- the only banking SWIFT I'm familiar with is how swiftly funds seem to leave my account. 🙂

I did take a look at Apple Pay, and it looks like they have the same setup? They take MC and Visa, but only from select banks. So it looks like it's the same all over?

[mariossp]

I do not know if Fitbit has changed sth but now when you open Wallet app through Fitbit on Android it lets you add your credit card details until all info is entered and then it tries to contact your bank for verification.

[minigno]

The banks actually have to issue virtual cards/numbers for the particular device and they have to be set up to do so...some banks are quicker than others to do it.

[Tantric1]

Think of it like PayPal... PayPal let’s you attach to a bank account or a
credit card regardless of the issuing bank 🙂 if it goes by the bank... it
seems that it would be inadvertently driving people from independent banks,
smaller regional banks or credit unions. Just so you know... a SWIFT code
is a bank identification code, an IBAN is an individual bank account number
that is how everyone in Europe pays for everything, including school
tuition and church donations! It also has nearly a perfect record from
being Gina led by thieves! Win!
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[Tantric1]

Thanks! Unfortunately, I have no options to add anything. When I open the
wallet, I get I go about wallet but no where to add info, bank info, give
me version info etc. that’s it. U like the weather app that has a gear
wheel, the wallet app has nothing 😞 I am using an iPhone
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[mariossp]

Don't you have a Wallet icon below Clockfaces, on the left  to how to use icon?