Tag: Apple Pay

April 4, 2023

PayPal announced new features for sellers who use its services that are designed to enhance payment acceptance on their online stores. A spokesperson told EcommerceBytes, “With one integration, small businesses will get access to these new features, as well as […]

February 9, 2022

Apple noted in its announcement that 90% of U.S. retailers already accept Apple Pay as a payment method from consumers, but the introduction of this new tool for merchants signals Apple’s deepening interest in payments. “As more and more consumers […]

February 12, 2021

BitPay, a cryptocurrency payment service provider, has announced that its prepaid card now supports Apple Pay for in-store, in-app, and online payments. Users of the service can now add the BitPay Prepaid Mastercard to their Apple Pay wallets. The card […]

January 11, 2021

Apple has released two new short-form ads explaining ways it protects user data using Face ID and Apple Pay. Apple’s Face ID launched alongside the iPhone X and allows users to unlock their iPhone and perform a variety of other […]

October 23, 2019

A study into the United States mobile payments market reveals almost 30% of smartphone users will use a mobile payment app of some description. While there are general payment platforms like Apple Pay, Google Pay, and Samsung Pay, the top […]

June 11, 2019

As previously expected, ING bank has begun officially supporting Apple Pay in the Netherlands, almost two years after the region was originally expected to get it. ING has been promoting the coming of Apple Pay for the last six weeks […]

January 16, 2019

Produced by the Electronic Transactions Association, Transact is billed as the world’s biggest payments technology event, providing an opportunity for networking and to discuss new technologies and trends in payments. The event draws a variety of attendees, including financial institutions, […]

January 15, 2019

Customers of TD Ameritrade will be able to add funds to their accounts via a debit card registered to Apple Pay, which can be used for transfers. Using Apple Business Chat, the platform that allows companies to hold conversations and […]

December 28, 2018

The patent was acquired from South Korea and covers “management of virtual cards stored on mobile devices,” including “provisioning a contactless card in a mobile device with a mobile wallet application,” according to Fintiv’s complaint filed with the U.S. District […]

August 23, 2018

Between Aug. 24 and 31 the company will donate $1 to the Foundation for every purchase made using Apple Pay at an Apple store or the company’s website, or else through the official Apple Store app. The money should help […]

July 24, 2017

Compatibility within the JCPenney app for iPhones and iPads is “coming soon,” the company added. In-store transactions require an iPhone 6 or later, or else an Apple Watch. JCPenney is believed to have been running a pilot program for Apple Pay as far back […]

July 18, 2017

As is now standard, the latest U.S. additions are highly regional, such as Connecticut’s UBI Federal Credit Union. Most nationwide U.S. banks were signed up by early 2015, just months after Apple Pay’s Oct. 2014 debut. The international additions include […]

April 5, 2017

Apple on Tuesday updated its rosters of banks and credit unions supporting Apple Pay with over 20 additions, mostly in the U.S., but also including two in Russia. In the latter group are AK BARS Bank and Gazprombank. Apple noted […]

September 7, 2016

Apple will partner with Sony, developers of the FeliCa standard, in an effort to break into Japan’s mobile payments market, Nikkei reports. By integrating Apple Pay with FeliCa hardware, Apple is able to tap into a vast point of sale […]

May 25, 2016

Apple Pay was announced in the US in late 2014 and launched with quite a bit of fanfare in the UK in July 2015. Today, most of the big UK banks have committed to support Apple Pay, although not all […]

May 6, 2016

Many merchants and retail workers are watching their lives play in slow motion when they process credit cards. To combat fraudulent transactions, the retail industry is shifting away from the traditional magnetic stripe toward tiny computer chips embedded inside cards. […]

April 20, 2016

Since it turned on the lights last fall, Samsung Pay has managed to reach more than 5 million users and $500+ million in transactions. That’s a pretty remarkable feat, considering that it’s only available on a few phones. For comparison, […]

April 8, 2016

Image Credits: Engadget Phone and software makers, including Apple, Google and Samsung, are getting involved in mobile payments to make their products more useful and attractive to their owners. Behind all this is the belief that consumers will discover the […]

March 24, 2016

According to people familiar with the matter, Apple has informed potential e-commerce partners that Apple Pay will soon support purchases place through the Web, providing a new path to payment for iPhone and iPad users, reports Re/code. When Apple Pay […]

October 6, 2015

Mobile payments are slow to catch on among the general population, but early adopters of the Apple Watch are also rapidly adopting Apple Pay, research suggests. Among those who are using Apple Pay, they report it’s making a different in […]