Apple wants people to lose their wallets. But in a good way. The company’s “Lose Your Wallet” event in San Francisco will highlight 36 merchants in Hayes Valley and the Marina from Friday, June 23 through Sunday, June 25. These 36 merchants all accept Apple...
Today in San Francisco the world of tech is all eye on Apple as WWDC is off and running – and the Apple will give its first round of 2017 answers as to what’s next for the world’s most successful tech company. If past is...
Apple’s vision that Apple Pay will one day replace wallets got a step closer, at least in the U.K. now that Apple Pay merchants can accept mobile payments above £30. According to a report in The Telegraph, Jennifer Bailey, the head of Apple’s payments business, said...
Universal Secure Registry, a small Boston-based company founded by the inventor of corporate encryption technology RSA SecurID, Kenneth P. Weiss, is suing both Apple and Visa for patent infringement in the design of Apple Pay. The suit alleges that Weiss received 13 patents for authentication systems...
Apple Pay has officially launched in Italy, with the company partnering with a handful of banks and popular retailers. According to iLounge, the wireless payment system currently supports Visa and Mastercard credit and debit cards issued by Carrefour and UniCredit backs, as well as Boon...
It seems Apple is once again flirting with the idea of building its own P2P money transfer service. New reports indicate that Apple is in discussion with various payments industry players about the possibility of launching its own Venmo/Zelle competitor in the space that would...
Comcast has made an update to its Xfinity Bill Pay account management app so that it can soon start accepting bill payments via Apple Pay. According to 9to5Mac, Comcast says the new Apple Pay bill payment feature is rolling out over the next few weeks,...
Western Union announced in a statement that U.S. mobile app customers can now use Apple Pay when sending money transfers originating in the United States to more than 200 countries and territories worldwide. According to a press release, the Western Union app with Apple Pay makes transferring...
Apple Pay has added more than 20 banks and credit unions in the United States, as well as two new banks in Russia, that now support the payment service, according to 9to5Mac. This announcement follows the launch of Apple Pay in Taiwan and Ireland, as well as the...