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Apple Pay is Apple’s mobile payment platform and digital wallet for storing tickets, passes, and other digital assets. It can be used at most contactless payment terminals, as well as for making purchases on websites that have incorporated Apple Pay into their shopping cart. The Apple Pay iPhone app is also where you manage your Apple Card credit card. Apple Pay also includes Apple Pay Cash, a peer-to-peer payment system.

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Get Holiday Offers From 12 Stores With Apple Pay

Andrew Orr · December 10, 2018

During this latest Apple Pay promotion event you can get special holiday offers from 12 stores from December 6 to December 19.

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Apple Pay for Target Being Tested in San Francisco

Andrew Orr · November 30, 2018

Target has long been a holdout from the payment service, but it sounds like it’s considering it.

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Apple Pay Kazakhstan and Belgium Have Arrived

Andrew Orr · November 28, 2018

The addition of these two countries makes the total number of Apple Pay countries 31.

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Colluding Banks Allegedly Slowed Apple Pay Switzerland

Andrew Orr · November 16, 2018

Colluding banks may. have been the reason for the slow adoption of Apple Pay Switzerland. A probe has been opened to examine the matter.

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iOS 12: Manage Your Apple Pay Billing and Shipping Address

Andrew Orr · November 14, 2018

Here’s how to manage your Apple Pay billing and shipping address.

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German Apple Pay to Launch Soon

Andrew Orr · November 5, 2018

Heads up Apple customers in Germany: German Apple Pay is launching soon. Banks like HVB and Bunq have already sent out emails to customers.

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Belgium Apple Pay Coming in the Next Few Weeks

Andrew Orr · October 26, 2018

A Redditor claiming to work at an Apple Store in Brussels says that Belgium Apple Pay should launch in the next few weeks.

Get Apple Pay Cashback with Discover Debit
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Get Apple Pay Cashback with Discover Debit

Andrew Orr · October 11, 2018

You can now get Apple Pay cashback with Discover debit cards. Get 1% back on qualifying purchases.

CVS Finally Supports Apple Pay
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CVS Finally Supports Apple Pay

Jeff Gamet · October 11, 2018

CVS finally caved and is now accepting Apply Pay at its retail stores.

7-Eleven Stores Get Apple Pay Support
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7-Eleven Stores Get Apple Pay Support

Jeff Gamet · September 11, 2018

7-Eleven will support Apple Pay contactless payments at nearly all of its more than 10,000 convenience stores in the United States by the end of September.

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Apple Pauses Its Plan to Introduce Apple Pay in India

Andrew Orr · September 6, 2018

Despite talking with banks and the National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI), the plan has been put on hold.

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Apple Pay Can Help You Enjoy National Parks

Andrew Orr · August 23, 2018

Apple shared a blog post saying how the company will donate money to the National Park Foundation.

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You Can Now Use Apple Pay at Costco

Andrew Orr · August 21, 2018

Until now Costco has been a big holdout. You could use Apple Pay to make Costco home delivery purchases with Instacart, but not use it directly in the stores.

Research Shows British Consumers Love Apple Pay
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Research Shows British Consumers Love Apple Pay

Andrew Orr · August 20, 2018

Research from Stripe shows that 27% of British consumers use Apple Pay online, as opposed to 14% in the United States.

Chase ATM Apple Pay Support Available at 16,000 Terminals
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Chase ATM Apple Pay Support Available at 16,000 Terminals

Jeff Gamet · August 1, 2018

Chase now supports Apple Pay at nearly all 16,000 of its ATMs so customers can withdraw cash without inserting their credit or debit card in the machine.

Apple Pay in Germany, CVS, 7-11 Coming This Fall
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Apple Pay in Germany, CVS, 7-11 Coming This Fall

Andrew Orr · August 1, 2018

At first, CVS removed support for mobile payments in favor of the CurrentC service.

Apple Pay Transactions Top 1 Billion in Q3 2018
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Apple Pay Transactions Top 1 Billion in Q3 2018

Jeff Gamet · July 31, 2018

The total number of Apple Pay transactions during Apple’s 2018 third fiscal quarter topped the 1 billion mark, beating both PayPal and Square.

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Apple Pay Dominance, NFC in HomePod - TMO Daily Observations 2018-07-31

Jeff Gamet · July 31, 2018 · Add Comment

Dave Hamilton and Andrew Orr join Jeff Gamet to look at Apple Pay’s projected dominance in contactless payments, plus Andrew explains why he’d like to see NFC in Apple’s HomePod.

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Apple Pay to Make Up Half of All Contactless Payments by 2020
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Apple Pay to Make Up Half of All Contactless Payments by 2020

Jeff Gamet · July 30, 2018

Contactless payment system users, such as Apple Pay and Samsung Pay, are on track to hit 450 million by 2020, and Apple is going to account for half of them around the world. That’s according to a new report from Juniper Research.

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Apple Pay Cash PSA: Be Careful When Carrying a Big Balance

Andrew Orr · July 26, 2018

Redditor u/Sometimesexaggerates found out the hard way.

Apple Pay Summertime Discount Promo Includes Fandango, Grubhub, More
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Apple Pay Summertime Discount Promo Includes Fandango, Grubhub, More

Jeff Gamet · July 20, 2018

Apple has a new summertime Apple Pay promotion that’ll save you money when you buy movie tickets through Fandango, food through Grubhub, and more. The promotion runs from July 19th through August 1st.

Polish Apple Pay Use Has Already Skyrocketed
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Polish Apple Pay Use Has Already Skyrocketed

Andrew Orr · July 2, 2018

Redditor u/Rabus has posted some interesting statistics to the r/Apple subreddit about Polish Apple Pay use. Let’s dive into the numbers.

The Milan Metro System Added Apple Pay Support
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The Milan Metro System Added Apple Pay Support

Andrew Orr · June 29, 2018

New contactless terminals in the underground subway system work with Visa and MasterCard credit and debit cards.

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Tech Chat with MGG's Dave Hamilton and John F Braun - TMO Daily Observations 2018-06-22

Jeff Gamet · June 22, 2018 · Add Comment

John F. Braun and Dave Hamilton from Mac Geek Gab join Jeff Gamet to talk tech about NFC, Apple Pay, digital keys, breathing new life into older Macs, and more.

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