Pathetic! I cannot use my Standard Bank Mastercard with Garmin Pay!

For over a year I was able to use my Garmin Fitness watch as a means of payment. It was simply a matter of registering my Mastercard on the Garmin Connect app on my smart phone, and then the app syncs with my watch via Bluetooth, and I'm done. This enables me to make Tap and Go payments anywhere using my watch, without taking my wallet along.

Then, a month ago, I had to reinstall the Garmin app on my phone and relink my cards. Unfortunately, now, all my attempts at relinking my Standard Bank Mastercard to Garmin keep failing. Garmin Connect keeps telling me there was a problem with the issuing bank -- which is Standard Bank! Not a single call center agent at Standard Bank have ever heard of this technology. Not one of them can tell me what is wrong, or whom I should speak to! I've made seven calls already! Some even blamed my phone, or the Garmin app, or my Garmin watch!

What they fail to realize is that I have a Discovery Bank Visa debit card as well, and I was able to add it to Garmin Pay in one attempt. I guess the time has come for me to move over to a better, more innovative bank, that can handle the latest technology...