Apple Acquires Mobeewave to Create iPhone Payment Terminals

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Apple has acquired startup Mobeewave Inc. which uses technology to let people tap their credit card or phone on another phone to process a payment (via Bloomberg).

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The technology doesn’t need an app or hardware like a Square Terminal to work, using a smartphone’s NFC chip instead. iPhones have had NFC chips since 2014. Sources say Apple paid about US$100 million for the company, keeping the team of employees who will continue to work out of Montreal, Canada.

This isn’t the only payment-related technology Apple is working on. Code found in iOS 14 suggest Apple could let customers make payments with QR codes using Apple Pay.

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