thequint In Germany, you can use 'Digitales Bezahlen' with Sparda Bank.

Oh, already mentioned in older posts. But whatever.

    15 days later

    DeletedUser5 It's not Chinese app. It's polish. It's just the only direct way to get the apk file from Huawei appgallery, similar to what other users in this forum tried with Curve app. It's on playstore, https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=pl.upaid.quicko&hl=en&pli=1 but not on apkmirror.com And it's also on Huawei App Gallery.
    https://appgallery.huawei.com/app/C112057051
    I am not sure about their privacy policy, but unlike Curve which has a ton of trackers (according to trackerblocker app from frdroid - this one doesn't show up any trackers. I really don't know

      DeletedUser87 Sorry, I though they collect the same data as curve. What have you seen? unlike Curve which has a ton of trackers (according to trackerblocker app from frdroid - this one doesn't show up any trackers. I really don't know

          mgeo funny, the privacy policy part wouldn't load for me before, now it does. Even better - it's filled with spelling mistakes:

          of You loose your card immediately report it to the relevant services and block it,

          and technical nonsense terms

          anti-virus, anti-spyware and firewall software

          Yes, I will just install my anti-spyware software right away.

          It seems like there weren't any lawyers involved in the writing of this absolute vague and nonsensical "privacy policy". I'd stay away as much as possible. Financial institutions need to be perfect, I don't want to trust my financial data to some hillbillies with a computer.

            12 days later

            If I connect my old Galaxy via WIFI hotspot on my Pixel8 GOS, tap and pay works on the old phone which now doesn't have cell service. Might be worth carrying both phones only at times I plan NFC payment.

              upsidedown the important word here is "old". Google certified device that no longer receives security updates is considered insecure. Using it for payments is playing with fire, since any vulnerabilitiea aren't patched.

                I have a few bank NFC cards that I'd rather not carry together, plus I'd rather not show merchants my real card numbers. G Wallet is also convenient for membership cards, though I imagine I could save these in some other app or even photos.

                • mgeo replied to this.

                  upsidedown I see. Do you have benefits for each of those cards? I mean here, I have a debit card which I guess it's enough. We have to pay annual costs for every card we have,
                  Yes there's an app for loyalty cards. Check on f-droid for "Catima" it's open source and really great!

                    My cards have different 5% cashback categories (gas, groceries, etc). No annual fees.

                    At first glance, Catima does look great for loyalty cards. I’ll consider using it, thanks!

                      upsidedown No problem! That's nice, unfortunately we don't have 5% cashback cards here, our banks are so bad..I think mine is like 0.1%

                        mgeo I was thinking of cards like payback, where they know what you buy where and when. OK, compared to Google data collection that's neglectable I guess.

                            My cashback credit cards are with a couple banks and I’m not overly concerned with them knowing my purchase habits, or even Google if I were to use G Wallet. Security is more important to me …why I don’t like carrying physical cards

                              upsidedown I see. I agree. I wish there was some wallet app too but sadly there isn't. How do you handle it? do you have a second phone?