It’s been said that there are three kinds of lies: lies, damned lies and statistics. In the world of corporate communications, it can be difficult to separate that last one from the first two, and when it comes to Apple Pay adoption numbers, one figure that seems...
Huawei Technologies, the Chinese handset giant, has been taking steps to push its mobile payment service even further into that country, which means that the field is getting a bit more crowded for Apple Pay — right where the largest smartphone market in the world resides,...
About 18 months ago, Apple Pay awakened the world to the possibilities and potential of using a mobile phone as a replacement for a plastic card at the physical point of sale. Could Apple succeed where so many had failed? The world watched, waited and...
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...
