tap to pay

Tap To Pay is a form of payment that allows a customer to tap a card or device against your card reader to pay instead of inserting a card.

Visa and BofA See Contactless Payments Hit Their Post-Pandemic Stride
Visa and BofA See Contactless Payments Hit Their Post-Pandemic Stride
September 10, 2024  |  Digital Payments

Turns out contactless payments were a lot more than a pandemic solution. They were in development as early as 2008, but what began as a...

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CFPB Seeks Developers’ Comments on Apple’s Rules on Tap-to-Pay Access
CFPB Seeks Developers’ Comments on Apple’s Rules on Tap-to-Pay Access
August 28, 2024  |  CFPB

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) is seeking public comment on Apple’s recently announced rules governing how financial companies and app developers offer tap-to-pay functionality on its...

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Apple’s NFC Move Ushers in New Era of POS Competition
Apple’s NFC Move Ushers in New Era of POS Competition
August 15, 2024  |  Apple

Apple’s move to open up near-field communications (NFC) technology — specifically so that third-party developers can integrate NFC transactions — may turbocharge digital wallets’ momentum....

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Apple Gives Third Parties Access to Tap-and-Go Payments Tech
Apple Gives Third Parties Access to Tap-and-Go Payments Tech
August 14, 2024  |  Apple

Apple says it is giving developers access to its near-field communication (NFC) technology. “Starting with iOS 18.1, developers will be able to offer NFC contactless...

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Google Wallet and Acorns Launch Payment Solution Designed for Kids
Google Wallet and Acorns Launch Payment Solution Designed for Kids
August 09, 2024  |  Wearables

Parents can now provide their 7- to 12-year-old kids with a wearable payment device powered by Google Wallet and GoHenry by Acorns. The two organizations have partnered...

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Greenlight and Google Team on Fitbit-Focused Financial Education
Greenlight and Google Team on Fitbit-Focused Financial Education
August 07, 2024  |  Wearables

Financial education-focused FinTech Greenlight has launched a collaboration with Google. The partnership, announced Wednesday (Aug. 7), connects Greenlight’s debit card to Google’s Fitbit Ace LTE,...

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Apple’s Services Segment Grows, But AI Still Remains a ‘Show Me’ Story
Apple’s Services Segment Grows, But AI Still Remains a ‘Show Me’ Story
August 01, 2024  |  Apple

Apple’s latest quarter showed some resilience in services growth – and management noted the potential for artificial intelligence (AI) to help transform the company’s efforts...

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Visa: 80% of Face-to-Face Transactions Internationally Are Tap to Pay
Visa: 80% of Face-to-Face Transactions Internationally Are Tap to Pay
July 23, 2024  |  VISA

Visa’s fiscal third quarter results showed continued momentum in new payment flows — and further embrace of contactless payments in brick-and-mortar, face-to-face transactions. CEO Ryan...

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Physical Cards: The Unexpected Frontier in Digital Security
Physical Cards: The Unexpected Frontier in Digital Security
July 18, 2024  |  Authentication

Adam Lowe, Ph.D, chief product and innovation officer at CompoSecure, hears it all the time from banking executives when the topic is securing payments: “We...

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