Apple Pay

That said, my numismatic geek is all cranky because the timeline says the 1¢ piece was first minted in 1909, 5¢ piece was first minted in 1938, 10¢ and 25¢ were first minted in 1965, and 50¢ and $1 were first minted in 1971. All of which are wrong by a century or so, give…

When Barclays customer Oli Foster-Burnell emailed Mr. Vaswani asking about Apple Pay support, he got a reply saying it's coming in the “next 60 to 75 days,” which would put the launch somewhere between the middle and end of March. Barclays finally commits to Apple Pay support in U.K. Apple Pay is an NFC-based mobile…

Target wants to launch its own in-store payment system in 2016 Insider sources speaking with Reuters said Target is still in the early stages with its mobile payment system and hasn't started any in-store trials yet. Instead of using the NFC wireless technology built into iPhones and Android phones, Target is looking at using QR…

Square Contactless and Chip Card Reader The move is an important one for Square, which went public last week. The firm needs to show Wall Street the ability to grow revenues, and it also needs to prove it can remain relevant as mobile payment platforms like Apple Pay increase in popularity. Square also needs to…

This handy trick, quietly introduced in iOS 8.3, can speed up your Apple Pay experience. Or help quite a bit when you know you'll be one-handed at checkout. ________________________ Many Apple customers with an Apple Pay-capable iPhone have been making successful purchases since October 2014.  Even so, there's no doubt that the new Apple Watch…

Home Depot to customers: No Apple Pay for you Home Depot told iPhone toting customers who asked about the change, We currently do not accept Apple Pay in our local stores or online. We do have the option of using PayPal, in store or online. Since Apple Pay uses NFC, or near field communication, for…

Canadian bankers are balking at initial negotiations with Apple to bring Apple Pay to Canada. According to The Wall Street Journal, the six banks that control 90 percent of the Canadian markets consider Apple's terms “onerous,” are concerned about security, and have formed a consortium to develop security protocols for Apple's system. Apple launched Apple…

Here's our own (and MacCast's) Adam Christianson's proposal: Apple Maps could pinpoint locations accepting Apple Pay. Fire up Maps and search for the nearest location of, for example, Portland chain Burgerville. You search the map and find locations, and if there is a particular type of pin, you know it's a place that accepts Apple Pay.…

Samsung Pay. It's like Apple Pay. A lot like Apple Pay. Samsung Pay will be unveiled along with Samsung's new Galaxy S6 smartphone, according to SamMobile, and is teaming up with Visa to promote the mobile payment platform. Apple introduced Apple Pay as a way for iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus owners to make…

____________________ Have I mentioned before that I love Apple Pay? I've written a lot about it. Along the way, I ran across a story about Apple's Senior Vice President Eddy Cue showcasing Apple Pay with a shopping trip. “Apple exec Eddy Cue goes on 'holiday shopping spree' to showcase Apple Pay.” In that article, the…

Featured by MLive, a Michigan-centric publication, Meijer is a Midwest grocery store chain that features a pharmacy, photo processing, and some gas stations. The company has had NFC-capable payment terminals for five years, putting it well at the vanguard of retailers supporting the then-nascent payment technology. Meijer has accepted Google Wallet transactions since the search…

Start here: Kirk Lennon posted a fantastic breakdown of the current non-cash payment situation: Why the stripe is a bad idea, how “Chip and PIN” in the rest of the world and “Chip and Sign” in the US are addressing the issues with the stripe, and what Apple Pay does that makes all of this…

Stern Agee thinks the iPhone 6 will include an NFC-based digital wallet In a note to investors, Mr. Rakesh said, We believe Apple just filed a patent showing its iWallet system using NFC, and a secure element… While there has been optimism that the iPhone6 could have NFC, this is another filing that shows a…

Google Wallet works where MasterCard PayPass is accepted, but you can also use Visa, MasterCard, American Express, or Discover in conjunction with the app. It’s supported by a handfull of merchants, and only in selected locations with different levels of support. Just a few examples are American Eagle Outfitters, Banana Republic, The Container Store, CVS…

Starbucks: It’s Hip to be SquareAlong with processing credit and debit card transactions, “Customers will be able to use Pay with Square, Square’s payer application, from participating company operated U.S. Starbucks stores later this fall, and find nearby Starbucks locations within Square Directory,” the company said.The deal will bring Square into 7,000 Starbucks locations, and…

NFC technology is the name for low-power wireless transmitters that can be added to electronic devices or embedded in just about anything. The transmitters can then be embedded with data of all sorts, including identification information, but they require a very close proximity (typically in the 4cm range) to work. One popular theoretical application of…

VeriFone offers an application, card reader, and payment gateway that allows the user to accept and process credit cards using an iPhone 3G or 3GS.  The question is how easy is it to use and is it financially feasible. How Easy Is It To Use  Testing a system like this in demo mode is never…