Tap To Pay news and trends

Visa Acceptance Platform Adds Tap to Pay on iPhone Capability
Payment Methods // February 03, 2026

Visa now enables its Visa Acceptance Platform clients to offer Tap to Pay on iPhone. The company introduced a software development kit (SDK) that allows payment service providers (PSPs), independent software vendors (ISVs) and direct merchant clients to adopt this technology, according to a Tuesday...

Klarna Launches Tap-to-Pay Offering in Europe
Payment Methods // December 02, 2025

Digital bank/pay-later provider Klarna is launching a new tap-to-pay feature. The new contactless payment offering is rolling out in 14 European markets, the Swedish FinTech announced in a Tuesday (Dec. 2) news release. “With more than 80% of European shopping still happening in physical stores, Tap to Pay brings...

Cash App Debuts iPhone Tap to Pay for Business Sellers
Digital Payments // July 16, 2025

Cash App says its business sellers now have a new way to accept contactless payments. The company on Tuesday (July 15) announced the launch of Tap to Pay on iPhone for Cash App Business sellers, letting them accept contactless payments directly on their iPhone using...

Consumers Use Mobile Wallets 21% of the Time for In-Store Purchases
Mobile // June 23, 2025

Mobile wallets rapidly emerging as a pivotal force in how consumers conduct in-store transactions worldwide. In the PYMNTS Intelligence report “Pocket Revolution: How Mobile Wallets Are Changing Payments Worldwide,” responses from more than 216,000 consumers illuminated that mobile wallets now account for 21% of all...

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Consumers Use Mobile Wallets 21% of the Time for In-Store Purchases

June 23, 2025
Mobile wallets rapidly emerging as a pivotal force in how consumers conduct in-store transactions worldwide. In the PYMNTS Intelligence report “Pocket Revolution: How Mobile Wallets Are Changing Payments Worldwide,” responses from more than 216,000 consumers illuminated that mobile wallets now account for 21% of all in-store transactions across 11 studied countries, representing a substantial 10.9% […]

Arculus, Mastercard and Truist Explore Fraud and the Economy’s Three S’s

February 06, 2025
Instant gratification rules today’s theater of commerce, and businesses shouldn’t be letting fraud get in the way by slowing down transactions. From seamless tap-to-pay interactions at local coffee shops to...

Visa and BofA See Contactless Payments Hit Their Post-Pandemic Stride

September 10, 2024
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 public health measure in mid-2020...

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

August 01, 2024
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 to build out its ecosystem....

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Visa Acceptance Platform Adds Tap to Pay on iPhone Capability

February 03, 2026
Visa now enables its Visa Acceptance Platform clients to offer Tap to Pay on iPhone. The company introduced a software development kit (SDK) that allows payment service providers (PSPs), independent software vendors (ISVs) and direct merchant clients to adopt this technology, according to a Tuesday (Feb. 3) press release emailed to PYMNTS. With Tap to […]

Klarna Launches Tap-to-Pay Offering in Europe

December 02, 2025
Digital bank/pay-later provider Klarna is launching a new tap-to-pay feature. The new contactless payment offering is rolling out in 14 European markets, the Swedish FinTech announced in a Tuesday (Dec. 2) news release....

Cash App Debuts iPhone Tap to Pay for Business Sellers

July 16, 2025
Cash App says its business sellers now have a new way to accept contactless payments. The company on Tuesday (July 15) announced the launch of Tap to Pay on iPhone...

Apple Expands ‘Tap to Pay on iPhone’ Availability in Europe

May 27, 2025
Apple has extended Tap to Pay on iPhone to eight more European countries. The feature, which enables merchants to use an iPhone to accept in-person contactless payments, was launched Tuesday...