Chevron testing Apple Pay at the pump in Northern California
Apple Pay continues to expand with more companies every day accepting Apple's payment service. The latest example is Chevron, who has just started a pilot program that allows customers to use Apple Pay...
View ArticleUK supermarket chain Morrisons starts accepting Apple Pay
UK's fourth-largest supermarket chain Morrisons has announced support for Apple Pay, stating that customers would be able to use the contactless payment service at all of its stores, M locals as well...
View ArticleApple Pay gets support from 35 more U.S. banks and credit unions
Apple Pay has drawn support from 35 more banks and credit unions in the United States, bringing the total number of institutions supporting the system to 379. This allows even more customers to pay...
View ArticleReminder: HSBC UK will support Apple Pay from July 28
Here's a friendly reminder that former UK Apple Pay launch partner, HSBC, is finally going live with support for the service from July 28. HSBC was supposed to be one of the first out of the gate with...
View ArticleHow to use Apple Pay: The ultimate guide
Apple Pay— or Pay if you're fancy — is Apple's mobile payment service. It stores your credit and debit card information on a Secure Element and lets you use it to pay online via apps on the iPhone 6,...
View ArticleYou can now use Apple Pay with HSBC and First Direct in the UK
The switch has been flipped on Apple Pay support over at HSBC and First Direct. Should you have an account with the UK bank and its subsidy, you'll now be able to take full advantage of Apple's new...
View ArticleWhy you should use Apple Pay on the London Underground
Now that HSBC finally turned on support for Apple Pay in the UK, I finally had the chance to use it on a recent two-day jaunt to the capital.London has been accepting contactless payment on its...
View ArticleApple Pay to the rescue!
Last week, I received an all-too-familiar call: One of our credit cards had been used to make a fraudulent transaction.Card fraud is a huge problem that generates billions of dollars of losses every...
View ArticleApple Pay signs up 43 new U.S. banks and credit unions, brings its total to 421
Apple Pay keeps rolling along, and has gained support for 43 more banks and credit unions in the United States. This brings the total number of U.S. financial institutions supporting the system up to...
View ArticleApple Pay adoption: Growing or slowing?
The tale of two Apple Pay surveys.There have been some conflicting surveys out about Apple Pay in the last couple of weeks, one of which says the mobile payment service is growing and the other,...
View ArticleAmerican Express brings its corporate credit cards to Apple Pay
American Express has announced that it has added Apple Pay support for its corporate credit cards in the United States. Elgibible cards inlcude the American Express Corporate Green, Gold, Platinum,...
View ArticleRite Aid will begin accepting Apple Pay in its stores starting August 15
Rite Aid has announced that it will begin accepting Apple Pay in 4,600 stores across the U.S. beginning Saturday, August 15. From Rite Aid:By accepting mobile payments, we're able to offer Rite Aid...
View ArticleApple Pay rival CurrentC may not launch nationwide until 2016
Apple Pay competitor CurrentC, backed by major retailers like Walmart, Target and others, may not launch nationwide until sometime in 2016, rather than by the end of 2015 as originally planned. That's...
View ArticleApple faces negotiation hurdles over Apple Pay expansion in Australia
The expansion of Apple Pay into Australia could may not be as early as expected, as the country's four largest banks are unwilling to cut a deal with the Cupertino giant when it comes to fees collected...
View ArticleApple Watch makes Apple Pay even better for accessibility
"We love this kind of problem. This is exactly what Apple does best."That's how Tim Cook prefaced the reveal of Apple Pay last September—by talking about the many issues with physical credit cards. To...
View ArticleApple Pay nabs support from 18 additional U.S. banks and credit unions
Apple Pay has picked up support from another set of banks and credit unions in the United States. With the addition of these 18 banks, the total number of financial institutions supporting Apple Pay...
View ArticleApple Watch makes Apple Pay 'magical'
Two great products that work even better together—Apple Pay and Apple Watch. That's according to a new survey that pegs U.S. and U.K. usage of Apple's mobile payment service by owners of the company's...
View ArticleNew iPhone ad shows off the simplicity of Apple Pay
Apple has pushed out another ad in its "if it's not an iPhone, it's not an iPhone" campaign, this time highlighting Apple Pay on the iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus. The ad quickly shows off how fast and...
View ArticlePayAnywhere's mobile card reader brings Apple Pay to small businesses
Apple has partnered with PayAnywhere, a mobile credit card reader service that is currently used at over 300,000 locations in the United States. Apple Pay is already supported by the largest banks,...
View ArticleApple Pay comes to the University of Oklahoma campus
We've already seen Apple Pay land in numerous retailers since its debut, and now it's starting to trickle out to college campuses. The University of Oklahoma has just announced that it will start...
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