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Apple Pay Rolls Out Huge Promotion In China
July 19, 2017

Apple is reportedly launching an Apple Pay marketing scheme in China, which is its largest effort since launching the payment method nearly a year and a half ago. According to a report detailing the news, the Cupertino, California, technology company is offering consumers discounts of up to...

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Apple Pay Makes Inroads In France
July 19, 2017

Apple hasn’t made much inroads in France with its Apple Pay service, given the fact that the country’s biggest banks still don’t support it. But that is slowly changing, judging from two announcements Tuesday (July 18) from Lydia and N26, the two financial companies based...

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Apple Pay Now Supported By 21 New Financial Institutions
July 07, 2017

Apple’s payment service Apple Pay is gaining in popularity, with 21 new financial institutions joining the growing list that accepts the digital payment method. According to a report, the new group of banks to now support Apple Pay include American Eagle Financial Credit Union, Central Virginia...

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Can Apple’s ‘Lose Your Wallet’ Event Attract Users To Apple Pay?
June 19, 2017

Apple wants people to lose their wallets. But in a good way. The company’s “Lose Your Wallet” event in San Francisco will highlight 36 merchants in Hayes Valley and the Marina from Friday, June 23 through Sunday, June 25. These 36 merchants all accept Apple...

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Apple WWDC 2017 – What To Watch For
June 05, 2017

Today in San Francisco the world of tech is all eye on Apple as WWDC is off and running – and the Apple will give its first round of 2017 answers as to what’s next for the world’s most successful tech company.  If past is...

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UK Apple Pay Merchants Can Skirt Payments Cap
May 23, 2017

Apple’s vision that Apple Pay will one day replace wallets got a step closer, at least in the U.K. now that Apple Pay merchants can accept mobile payments above £30. According to a report in The Telegraph, Jennifer Bailey, the head of Apple’s payments business, said...

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Apple And Visa Sued Over Alleged Apple Pay Patent Infringement
May 22, 2017

Universal Secure Registry, a small Boston-based company founded by the inventor of corporate encryption technology RSA SecurID, Kenneth P. Weiss, is suing both Apple and Visa for patent infringement in the design of Apple Pay. The suit alleges that Weiss received 13 patents for authentication systems...

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Apple Pay Debuts In Italy
May 18, 2017

Apple Pay has officially launched in Italy, with the company partnering with a handful of banks and popular retailers. According to iLounge, the wireless payment system currently supports Visa and Mastercard credit and debit cards issued by Carrefour and UniCredit backs, as well as Boon...

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Apple Revisits P2P Payments
April 28, 2017

It seems Apple is once again flirting with the idea of building its own P2P money transfer service. New reports indicate that Apple is in discussion with various payments industry players about the possibility of launching its own Venmo/Zelle competitor in the space that would...