A friend was preparing for a once-in-a-lifetime yoga retreat to a fancy resort in Malaysia. The trip was a long one with stopovers in Qatar and two days in Kuala Lumpur. The tour guide suggested that she put her debit and credit cards from her...
The European Commission (EC) is reportedly seeking information about Apple Pay from retailers and Apple’s rivals. The requests by the antitrust regulators of the EU were sent out three months after Apple testified at a hearing on Feb. 14, Reuters reported Wednesday (May 10). Because...
Since the launch of the iPhone 6, all subsequent models of Apple’s smartphone have enabled contactless payments with the Apple Pay mobile wallet using near field communication (NFC) technology. And unlike users of Android phones, iPhone users have no alternative options if they want to...
A class-action lawsuit in federal court accuses Apple of using its Apple Pay to illegally profit from payment card issuers, taking in $1 billion a year in fees in violation of antitrust laws. The suit, filed Monday (July 18) by the Seattle firm of Hagens...
Apple’s Project Breakout finally broke out a week ago today at Apple’s WWDC. It was then that Apple confirmed what was probably one of the worst kept secrets in payments: it would enter the buy now, pay later (BNPL) space with its own product, Apple...
Apple will begin rolling out its new Tap to Pay feature for the public, a report said Wednesday (May 25). The feature was unveiled in February and lets iPhones that were compatible take payments through Apple Pay, contactless credit and debit, or other digital wallets....
Apple may be seeing new updates for Apple Fitness+ and Apple Pay, and the company is also reportedly looking into a grocery ordering service focusing on nutrition, according to a report Sunday (May 8) from Apple Insider. Mark Gurman, a Bloomberg reporter who often writes...
Apple has closed a loophole that was allowing some Russians to keep using its mobile payment service even though the economic sanctions have been ongoing, an Engadget report says. The company told Russia’s biggest bank on Thursday that it wouldn’t be supporting the Russian Mir...
Apple Pay is now accepted by the U.S. Postal Service (USPS) online, but for in-person transactions at retail locations, another payment method is needed, according to reports on Monday (Dec. 20). Although the USPS wasn’t a supporter of Apple Pay, a recent website update showed...