Apple Pay coming to PGA Tour courtesy of MasterCard
MasterCard has announced that they will be bringing Apple Pay to the PGA Tour. Golf fans will be able to use Apple's contactless payment feature later this week during the Phoenix Open in Scottsdale,...
View ArticleThere are now even vending machines that accept Apple Pay
Apple Pay support is expanding yet again, this time to nearly 200,000 self-service machines (i.e. vending machines) across the United States. The machines, run by USA Technologies, have all been...
View ArticleThe year of Apple Pay
Apple Pay, the Touch ID-authenticated in-store and online payment service Apple started rolling out last October, has been growing steadily in terms of bank and retailer support. During Apple's Q1 2015...
View ArticleApple Pay review: 3 months later
Apple Pay— or Pay — launched in October of 2014 as part of iOS 8.1. It enabled the NFC-based tap-to-pay system in the iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus, and the online payment system in both iPhones 6 and...
View Article14 more banks jump on the Apple Pay bandwagon
Apple Pay has signed up another 14 banks to support the contactless transactions system build into the iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus. The addition of new banks, which include Ohio-based Fifth Third Bank...
View ArticleThe inimitable value of Apple Pay and what comes next
Apple Pay brought together everything from Passbook to Touch ID to launch Apple into the mobile transaction business. It was the company's first major new product category since the iPad and its been...
View ArticleAmerican Express's new Apple Pay TV ad plays on your nostagia
Several months after the US launch of Apple Pay for the iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus, one of its biggest launch supporters, American Express, is hyping up the use of Apple's payment system in a new TV...
View ArticleJetBlue to hit the clouds with Apple Pay starting next week
Passengers flying with JetBlue will soon be able to pay for food, drink, on-board entertainment and even upgrade to premium seating using Apple Pay. The program will start next week on select JetBlue...
View ArticleYour Starbucks card can now be reloaded with Apple Pay
Users of the Starbucks app now have an additional option when it comes to reloading their digital Starbucks card: Apple Pay. Starbucks previously support credit and debit cards as well as PayPal...
View ArticleThe US Federal Government's credit cards will soon be Apple Pay-compatible
The federal government of the United States is picking up support for Apple Pay, on both sides of the equation. Not only are Apple Pay-compatible payment terminals coming to your friendly neighborhood...
View ArticleUS National Parks and other federal services will support Apple Pay come...
Today saw the United States federal government announce that they intend to support Apple Pay with their own payment cards, but a more consumer-facing Apple Pay implementation is coming as well later...
View ArticleApple reportedly struggling to bring Apple Pay to China
Apple has reportedly run into a few roadblocks in its efforts to bring Apple Pay to China. The company has been in negotiations to bring the payment system over, but they are apparently facing delays...
View ArticleApple Pay is now the number one mobile payment solution at Staples
Staples is clearly noticing the benefits of being one of the first retailers to enable Apple Pay, as VP of mobile commerce Prat Vemana announced today that the payment solution accounted for 30 percent...
View Article19 more banks sign on to Apple Pay, total hits 90
Another week, another batch of banks signing on to offer Apple Pay support for their customers' credit and debit cards. This time we're looking at 19 new banks, with the big one definitely being Morgan...
View ArticleSamsung acquires mobile payments company LoopPay to take on Apple Pay
It looks like Apple is about to get some new competition in the mobile payments arena from Samsung. The company announced today that it will acquire LoopPay, an Apple Pay competitor that works with...
View ArticleSwitch to iPhone: For Touch ID and Apple Pay
There's never been a better time to switch to iPhone. Whether you're tempted for yourself or looking to help the Android user in your life, the all-new, all-better iPhone 6 and iPhone-6-plus make the...
View ArticleVisa's new payment system in Europe paves the way for introduction of Apple Pay
Visa has announced the payment company will be introducing support for the same tokenization system used by Apple Pay by mid-April. This move will add a new way for Europeans to pay with their...
View ArticleApple Pay now used by more than 1 million Chase Bank customers
It seems that Apple Pay has really, well, payed off for Chase Bank. The company announced today that over 1 million of its customers have started using their credit or debit cards with Apple's payment...
View ArticleFirehouse Subs lets Apple Pay users purchase their big sandwiches
iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus owners can now walk into a Firehouse Subs location and purchase their big and juicy sub sandwiches via Apple Pay.The company said this week that it is now rolling out support...
View ArticleUnable to target Apple Pay, criminals unsurprisingly stick to fraud, identity...
Apple Pay is so secure criminals so far have only been able take advantage of it by taking advantage of the banks behind it.Sadly, identity theft and credit card fraud are nothing new. While Apple Pay...
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