Tag: Apple Pay

March 22, 2019

Apple has reportedly acquired API integration developer Stamplay for 5 million euros ($5.678 million). The Rome-based startup won a contest to make the best use of new Visa APIs, according to Venture Beat. While it’s unknown exactly why Apple is […]

July 5, 2018

Apple’s new iOS 12 includes a security code auto-fill feature that according to a researcher makes customers more susceptible to banking fraud. A report in BGR cited Andreas Gutmann, a researcher at OneSpan’s Cambridge Innovation Centre, saying that automatically entering […]

June 14, 2018

Mobile payment systems want you to swap your wallet for a phone or in some cases, a watch. Rather than carrying around cash and cards, just tap your phone to pay. Currently, the three most established systems are from Apple, […]

November 16, 2017

Black Friday is coming and lots of Apple fans will probably search for cut price deals on the popular Apple Watch and its vast medley of straps. Here are some of the first things you’ll want to do with the […]

July 6, 2017

New banks and credit unions across the United States are continuing to adopt Apple Pay, and 21 additional institutions have joined Apple’s list of participating partners since the last refresh a few weeks ago. Check out the latest Apple Pay […]

May 23, 2017

Apple has been accused of violating the patents of a Boston-based company through its launch of Apple Pay. Universal Secure Registry CEO Kenneth Weiss says he ‘was the first in the space, and the secure payment technology that he developed goes right to […]

May 9, 2017

Mobile payments using biometrics to authenticate the user is forecasted to reach close to $2 billion in 2017, up from $600 million last year, according to new data from Juniper Research. According to a report covering the new research, driving the movement […]

April 19, 2017

Apple Pay is now available from over 20 more banks and credit unions around the United States and Mainland China as part of the latest expansion wave. Apple’s mobile payment service launched just over two years ago with hundreds of […]

January 26, 2017

Paying for things with your smartphone is starting to get easier, but not necessarily for the reasons some companies might like. Apple keeps expanding support for Apple Pay in more banks and credit unions, while retail and restaurant rollout is […]

January 4, 2017

Apple today updated its list of banks, credit unions and card issuers that support Apple Pay to note the addition of 17 more U.S. institutions now supporting the payments service. The full list of banks and credit unions added today […]

July 21, 2016

All three major phone-based mobile wallets announced expansions to their services this week. These upgrades all increase the wallets’ available audiences and make usage more convenient, which could help push up adoption. Android Pay added 19 financial institution partners. No […]

July 7, 2016

As one of the major Apple Pay holdouts among retailers, Walmart today officially launched its own digital payment solution called Walmart Pay nationwide. The launch today in 4,600 stores across the US follows an initial launch in 500 stores back […]

June 17, 2016

USA Technologies released new data from a study that targeted digital, point of sale advertising promoting the use of Apple Pay at those unattended points of sale. Early indicators report that there is a strong connection between the use of […]

June 1, 2016

While a recent report coming from the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers shows that according to nearly 1400 tech enthusiasts (out of 2000 surveyed) mobile payments are sure to take over the payment market and clearly surpass cash and […]

March 2, 2016

Since its inception back in September, Samsung Pay managed to reach 5 million users and $500 million in transactions, which is a pretty remarkable feat, considering that it’s only available on a few phones. For comparison, Google’s Android Pay also […]

November 6, 2015

Walgreens announced that support for accepting its rewards card in stores through Apple Pay is now live. Loyalty cards have long been supported using QR cards with scannable barcodes, but iOS 9 enabled the ability to use loyalty cards with […]

September 28, 2015

One thing that has always bugged me about credit card hacking is that they’re so avoidable. Apple Pay and Android Pay are taking great steps toward avoiding them with the use of tokenization. “What is tokenization?” you ask. Well, put […]

August 12, 2015

Starting August 15, you’ll be able to pay for items at RiteAid using an Apple iPhone or Apple Watch with Apple Pay. The drugstore chain announced the news on Tuesday, making an about face from previous efforts to block Apple […]

March 24, 2015

A recent survey of Apple iPhone 6 users have found that 6% have used mobile payment system Apple Pay. 85% say that they haven’t even touched the feature, while 9% admitted to experimenting with it. The latter group stated that […]

March 23, 2015

While Apple Pay has been the rising tide that lifts all mobile payment boats, most of those boats are Android powered. In other words, Microsoft’s mobile platform has been pretty barren when it comes to a mobile payment service. Sure, […]