Tried Curve. They require you to buy their own card and they seem to have removed their own NFC, now also relying on Google Pay, making it unusable on GrapheneOS.

Lydia / Sumeria was a bit too shady for me. They were seriously asking for my tax ID.

I guess I will have to drop NFC payments and pay with my card directly or with cash.

    Something I don't see mentioned much, as a sort of alternative to paying by phone, is contactless payment wearables. I think the support varies depending on what country you're in. I believe there are a few compatible with the curve card and a couple of other cards in UK at least. Pretty sure it's a fairly popular method of payment in parts of Europe. I think it is only supported by MasterCard cards and not VISA.

    There are bracelets, rings, watchstraps, watches (not smart watches, actual watches) and key fobs as well. I'm sure there are others.

    It seems very dependable on what country you're in as to whether it is a thing and to what companies do it, so if it sounds interesting its worth a quick search on the web

    EDIT: There are also phone cases like this one, that let you keep a couple of cards in and just slide the back open slightly to tap to pay: https://www.amazon.com/Spigen-Slim-Armor-Designed-MP671/dp/B0BZ5PBKXP/ref=mp_s_a_1_1?crid=3SBWYXWXFPSWK&dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.nLaU3CkPKer1vzkZxvhtMEq0vjhqw0_0Jq1_wRZe9IncogAhjHuC7pTPd0WEnrpdrzhFeYwpv7wNKyZoNgfZ-hzPKs6xdn2GQkX0nyDmK6ypTUbhGWfOa8wk6pxrfukALs2CJMEY95mZDVwv0bNdMMnvk6X-CQTDEKu6vFGtJWYbY94cuPYE8EoApzeMd6ajw7I9jLN4FaOC5L_A6XLOFw.4qYXoLd6oopY_o2OtY7YFeYfSOsl_C4CY7SA_F8KaIA&dib_tag=se&keywords=Spigen+Slim+Armor+CS+Case+Compatible+with+Google+Pixel+8+Pro&qid=1720008337&sprefix=spigen+slim+armor+cs+case+compatible+with+google+pixel+8+pro%2Caps%2C141&sr=8-1

      roamer4223 That's true. There are NFC rings and watchstraps, for me it's only curve that is supported

        RedPanda Yes, I think you have to order their own curve card in order to use NFC or any of their features. But still might not work on GrapheneOS. I'm not sure. There is this comment here and a full thread: https://discuss.grapheneos.org/d/443-gpay-alternatives-for-grapheneos
        This comment here is what I am not sure: https://discuss.grapheneos.org/u/LazyM49

        They use different phone than Huawei and somehow enabled NFC by changing region in Google playstore(?)

        I don't think Lydia is shady. It's a digital licensed bank in France. Based on trustpilot, I'd say that they are okay. I sent them email before and they always reply and I also checked them with central bank in my country and they are approved by them as digital bank.

        Don't revolut ask for Tax ID too? here it does

          As far as I know KYC is mandatory for financial services in the EU; so asking for a tax ID is mandatory for Lydia/Sumeria, Revolut, as well as any other EU bank or financial app. They should also verify your ID via a videocall, or at least ask for a bank transfer from another of your accounts to confirm your identity (so switching the burden of KYC compliance to the other bank).

            fph thats true! btw what bank let you do a transfer to confirm? i never seen one. they all want selfies and id copies

            • fph replied to this.

                ekasprzak hey, what do you mean "And I just tried that on my aonther Android phone (Xperia with stock Android) - it just worked, no issues."

                what model it was and what stock android?

                  mgeo what bank let you do a transfer to confirm?

                  Many banks in Italy do, for instance ING.

                  • mgeo replied to this.

                      fph I see, I think I heard ING before to have an NFC payment app. do they still have it?

                          mgeo I heard ING before to have an NFC payment app. do they still have it?

                          Not that I know. Unfortunately all banks in Italy seem to be happy with relying on Google Pay; none that I know have their own NFC payment app. Or, at least, none that you can use at a standard POS terminal; some have their own proprietary ecosystems (which are not very widespread).

                            9 days later

                            mgeo No they don't. I literally just switched to ING and this is how I came to this topic. I also emailed their support and got the expected answer of "we don't have any additional payment solutions at the moment, but are always checking about introducing new payment methods". Although I was also told that if they introduce anything like their own NFC payment app, I'd be informed.

                                4 months later
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                                I really understand everyone who has posted here, looking for a method to make NFC payments. I came here hoping to find something that would allow me to do so. But after reading some posts here and in other threads on the subject, I realize that people, in general, don't really know what we want. There is no NFC payment app that doesn't collect your data. And there are quite a few people who use those apps and, at the same time, GrapheneOS. It's something I don't quite understand. I'm on GrapheneOS to safeguard my personal data as much as possible. If I don't mind giving my personal data to an app that collects and shares it so I can make NFC payments, why don't you just reinstall the original operating system on your Pixel? You'll have an absolutely flawless system that allows you to do all of those things that GrapheneOS can't.

                                  Gasuky this is true. Maybe Proton company do an NFC app (see Proton Wallet) at some point but requires a license. But all banking apps don't collect data from users?

                                    Gasuky a willingness to share the data with a Chinese company that is banned for security issues and risks by western gvmts re network equipment is another thing I don't understand in the thread.

                                        I just had a genius idea,
                                        i'll put some cash into my phone case.

                                        This will actually solve my problem i would normally solve with NFC payment:
                                        we go for a walk with my daughter and she wants ice cream and my physical wallet is at home

                                          andrej567 personally I thought of putting my contactless debit card into the phone silicone's cover
                                          and try to use it onto a terminal but I don't really go to the stores myself so I don't know if it's going to work

                                              mmobder Curve and Quicko wallet aren't chinese companies. The links only provide the .apk files for those apps. They have the huawei.com in the links because it's direct links from the Huawei AppGallery

                                                  mgeo doable but better disable cellphone nfc, in case it would interfere