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Garmin Pay in Canada?

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Does anyone know if Garmin Pay is coming to Canada? And if yes, when?

Best, Shawn
  • Well, it turns out it's Garmin Canada that is in the wrong.

    This is from https://buy.garmin.com/en-CA/CA/p/602068

    Garmin PayTm contactless payment solution¹ lets you make convenient payments with your watch, so you can leave your cash and cards at home

    So Garmin? Why do you advertise in CANADA a feature that is NOT SUPPORTED by NOT one bank in CANADA?
  • Seems to be new in 2019 and should work with Garmin Pay in Canada: check this: https://brimfinancial.com/garminpay.
    (Note: I have not tested as I'm not a customer of this financial bank).
    Regards.
  • Brim has worked for a few months. I know a few people who have linked their Brim cards to Garmin Pay.
  • Same thing with cars in Canada, audi in example, not only advertising - but also have the hardware built in - that it can do driving assistance (following the line on the asphalt and more things like that) , and google earth in example instead of a flat map, that you can track your car on your cellphone (and so on), but, no just no service in Canada...this is not audi's fault, there is just not enough demand (not big enough market) that any 3rd party company start investing big big money to start up these services. And people (not me luckily) shovelled out a decent chunk of cash for that extra accessory/function and finally ended up sitting on dry, this is ongoing debate on forums since I've got a car 25 months ago.
    Same cars, same hardware, South of the border all working ....and these same cars are even cheaper there.
    Same thing with cellphones, phone number calling through wifi is not supported in Canada (something similar as Viber or Skype or other 3rd party apps voice and video call but calling from a phone dialer), no one provider...
  • 2 years later, still nothing, I've contacted BMO via Facebook ... who knows ..

  • The only Canadian card that works with Garmin Pay is Brim Financial. I have it linked and it's very convenient - when it works.

    The feature seems to break from time to time. I tried using it yesterday and it didn't work although it has worked in the past.

  • I had the same issue. Help by joining in and going the “complaint” route. It’s reducuous that the USA has allmost all their banks using Garmin pay but TD cant get it together. Garmin runners/bikers do not want to carry wallets or phones when the USA side doesn’t have to.

    https://www.tdcanadatrust.com/document/PDF/merchantsolutions/Customer%20Care%20-%20519460.pdf

    TD Canada Trust
    Step 1: In person at branch
    Mail: Attn: Customer Feedback Toronto-Dominion Centre, P.O. Box 193 Toronto, ON M5K 1H6
    Phone Email: 1-866-222-3456
    Visit your branch: [email protected]

  • see: https://www.garmin.com/en-US/garminpay/banks/  there are more banks in Canada supporting it. Problem for banks is that it typically is a low volume market and there are some investments to be made. If you can generate demand with multiple customers you might sway them.