It was just one of many businesses that had chose to make this move, and, like some of those others, it has even launched its own mobile payment service.
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Integrated into the company’s main app, CVS Pay lets customers combine payment, prescription pickup and loyalty programme access all in one quick scan at checkout. Visit MarketWatch.com for more information on this news.
CVS is a retailer that made news for its disabling of Android Pay and Apple Pay support at its pharmacies across the United States. The cashier scans the barcode, and after ringing up the items, the customer selects the payment method that they’d like to use in the app. For customers picking up a prescription, CVS Pay offers a simple, private and end-to-end pharmacy experience. Consumers can also link their ExtraCare branded rewards card.
CVS Pay is now available in select markets, including New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania and DE and a nationwide rollout is expected to kick off later this year.
This takes up valuable time, time that CVS Pay is going to save.
After adding their credit or debit cards to the app, customers can show the store associate a barcode, or pickup number at drive-thru locations, to initiate payment. All verifications for prescriptions and payment – like name/birthdate, signature, and PIN – take place directly in the app, so transactions are hassle free. Now, like Wal-Mart, CVS is choosing to pour its payment app energies into a native app.
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CVS Pay operates on Apple iOS and Alphabet’s (GOOGL) Google Android devices and is now part of the CVS Pharmacy mobile app.
