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From Apple's Newsroom blog: Tap to Pay on iPhone will be available for payment platforms and app developers to integrate into their iOS apps and offer as a payment option to their business customers. Stripe will be the first payment platform to offer Tap to Pay on iPhone to their
Filipe EspĂłsito on 9to5Mac: Square, one of the most popular payment platforms, offers products that turn iPhone and iPad into POS (point-of-sale) terminals. The company has a great app that lets vendors use iOS devices to keep track of all their sales. Specifically speaking of the iPad, there are also
I got a number of responses to my piece on Apple adding a "tap to pay" feature to the iPhone, suggesting that this was a niche thing that Apple shouldn't be doing, and even that it's too niche to even ship. All the context I'll add is that if this
I’ve posted a lot both here and on Twitter about payments over the past year for two main reasons: 1. The App Store rules around payments have been in question, so now payments are just another Apple-related subject. 2. Lots of people commenting on this stuff have incomplete understandings
Apple Pay's retail presence isn't where you might think. Is that a problem?
I've been a big proponent of Apple Pay for as long as it has been around. It was launched in late 2014 just after the iPhone 6/6 Plus release, and it would be fair to say adoption was slow at first. Apple announced a modest list of partners they
USA Technologies, Inc ran a 6 month study that "targeted point-of-sale advertising of Apple Pay" and the results are impressive, if not that surprising. The study essentially seems to have looked at sales before and after adding a "pay with Apple Pay" sticker to their vending machines. The results are
As it stands today, Apple Pay works in 2 environments: 1. Physical retail via NFC "tap to pay" 2. In-app via the iOS Apple Pay API These are a great start, and they take care of a lot of the transactions that people make on a regular basis, but there's
The switch to EMV in the United States sure has been a mess, hasn't it? Whether you're a customer or a merchant, the conversion has likely been expensive at worst, inconvenient at best, and confusing all the way through. The conversion for merchants has been less than smooth. A study
Yesterday Walmart rolled out their own payment system called Walmart Pay. Its aim is to get Walmart shoppers to start paying with their phones. As for phone payments, I support Walmart for trying to get on board with what is so clearly the way of the future. However, as I
It would be safe to say I'm an "early adopter" when it comes to tech. I get the most I new stuff I can afford as soon as it's available. I keep up with the latest phones, tablets, and web services even though I could certainly get by just fine
NOTE: This piece originally ran on June XX, 2015 but was taken down at the request of CurrentC. One of the perks of working for a big company is that you sometimes get to try new and interesting things before they’re made available to the public. It doesn’t
Target CEO Loves Apple Pay, but Wants Chip-and-PIN Cards First | Re/code “I’d love to have Apple Pay today,” he said. “Once we finish, we’ll be open-minded” about supporting other payment systems. Cornell said he has met with Apple CEO Tim Cook and told him the same. I