Ally Bank, an online-only bank, is making moves to ensure it’s equipped to serve its customers who are partaking in the mobile payments revolution. Ally Bank announced Wednesday (March 16) that it had officially added Apple Pay support for any customers with debit card accounts. Diane...
The press event is coming, the press event is coming! Such has been the reaction of the Apple-watching Internet for the last 24 hours or so following the announcement out of Cupertino that Apple has officially scheduled its latest press event for March 21. So,...
After a bit of a bumpy start to the year, what has become a now multi-week debacle with the FBI over that phone and a solid month of share prices below $100, it has been a while since Apple has managed a whole week of headlines...
A few weeks ago, we reported that Apple Pay was getting a test drive in ExxonMobil’s Speedpass+ app, with Apple Pay users in limited locations now able to tap and go to pay for their gas. It seems the service is now ready to pull out into...
Of all the complaints anyone is going to lodge about an Apple product these days, insufficient security is likely not too high on the list. In fact, some — like the Department of Justice — would really, really like if Apple could bring itself to...
As we are fond of observing here at PYMNTS, the fundamental choices in life often break down to “Go Big” or “Go Home.” When it comes to the widely anticipated release of the iPhone 7 it seems Apple, true to form, will not be going...
A Google search of “Apple” as of Feb. 25 would yield millions of stories about the current and ongoing drama between Apple and the Department of Justice. Battle lines are being drawn, and rather surprising sides are being taken by big voices in the industry. Bill...
It wasn’t easy for Tim Cook to get Apple Pay into China, but his company was finally able to make that vision a reality last week (Feb. 18). Now, however, new details have surfaced as to why China’s banks were finally ready to jump on...
Just about a month ago, Apple CEO Tim Cook was standing at the White House, side by side with President Obama, talking about how protecting the world against cyberattacks could only happen through the cooperative action between public servants and private technologists. The visual was,...
