At the last official Apple Event held this month, Tim Cook announced that Apple Pay would sign on an additional 500 banks throughout the course of both this year and next. Cook has already started to make good on that assertion since both Visa and...
What does it take to enable the future of commerce? We’re no longer talking contactless payments on just smartphones and tablets – the focus is now on turning every device into a commerce device, says MasterCard’s Chief Emerging Payments Officer Ed McLaughlin. To coincide with...
Apple Pay officially rolled out on Monday and consumers and retailers both have had some time to get their feet wet with this new mobile payments platform. So, what’s the verdict so far? Well, Peter Osberg, Senior Vice President at EVO Payments International tells MPD...
After accepting Apple Pay at all of its stores on the Apple Pay launch day on Monday (Oct. 20), the $26 billion 4,600-store Rite Aid pharmacy chain apparently changed its mind and yanked support from those stores Wednesday (Oct. 22), with no official explanation, according...
Apple has signed up more than 500 banks for Apple Pay, but some bank executives whose institutions are on board with the new payments system are feeling defensive, according to American Banker. Apple’s terms represent “the most one-sided agreement I have ever seen,” said Michael...
As Apple looks to the first half of next year for the first shipments of its payments-capable Apple Watch, companies look to support the device find themselves in a frustrating security conundrum. As with any brand new market, there is little immediate risk of cyber...
Apple is getting extra savvy with Apple Pay by incorporating buy-it buttons into Apple’s iAd mobile advertising platform. These new buy-it buttons will be embedded in mobile advertisements, which will allow users to quickly and seamlessly make a purchase via Apple Pay. Currently, Apple Pay...
Apple’s latest effort to enhance Apple Maps involves offering smaller businesses the chance to add/edit their business location as well as giving them the chance to spruce up their profiles a bit by utilizing a new portal called Maps Connect. Good, right? Well, in addition...
Amazon has put to bed rumors that they rivalry with Apple will not prevent their branded cards from working in the Apple Pay system Amazon card users widely reported difficulties is adding their cards to their digital rewards cards to their wallets, despite being associated...
