With the ongoing list of banks and retailers signed-up to support Apple Pay, the service is now capable of enabling the use of credit cards that, according to Apple, account for nearly 90 percent of U.S. transactions. As of Tuesday (Dec. 16), the new banks...
Square competitor ShopKeep has a deal for new customers: Sign up now for our iPad-based in-store point-of-sale system and we’ll give you free equipment to handle Apple Pay, contactless, traditional magstripe and (eventually) EMV chip payment cards, Re/code reported on Monday (Dec. 15). That free...
So here’s a question. Apple is the biggest technology player in the world and a company that wants to dominate every ecosystem that it touches. Mobile. Music. Payments. So, does dominating payments mean Apple must also dominate the mobile market more broadly? Some say that...
MasterCard sees mobile payment security as crucial, but it’s power is relevant only to the point that shoppers are actually using it. And with Apple Pay, that is starting to happening meaningfully. In a talk with analysts on Wednesday (Nov. 19), Ed McLaughlin, the chief...
December 23, 2014
Though retailers and venues have been adopting Apple Pay, the service’s real strength so far seems to be in the area of in-app purchases. As Christmas drew near in 2014, in-app checkout support from Apple Pay spread to LoungeBudddy and Ticketmaster (among others). LoungeBuddy displays airport lounges information for the 500 busiest airports in the […]
December 17, 2014
With the ongoing list of banks and retailers signed-up to support Apple Pay, the service is now capable of enabling the use of credit cards that, according to Apple, account...
December 16, 2014
Square competitor ShopKeep has a deal for new customers: Sign up now for our iPad-based in-store point-of-sale system and we’ll give you free equipment to handle Apple Pay, contactless, traditional...
November 21, 2014
MasterCard sees mobile payment security as crucial, but it’s power is relevant only to the point that shoppers are actually using it. And with Apple Pay, that is starting to...
