The Salvation Army supports donations through contactless solutions like Apple Pay and Google Pay, perfect for this year’s pandemic.
Apple Acquisition, Phil Schiller Transition – TMO Daily Observations 2020-08-05
Bryan Chaffin and Andrew Orr join host Kelly Guimont to discuss Apple’s latest company acquisition, and Phil Schiller’s new role.
By 2025 Apple Pay Could Make up 10% of Global Transactions
By 2025 Apple Pay could account for 10% of global card transactions. Currently the service accounts for 5%.
Germany Forces Apple to Open NFC to Third-Party Payment Apps
Germany has forced Apple to open its NFC capabilities on iPhones so that third-party payment apps can compete better with Apple Pay.
Update PSAs, Restaurant Payment Systems – TMO Daily Observations 2019-10-29
Andrew Orr and John Martellaro join host Kelly Guimont to discuss system updates to iPhones and HomePods, and the evolution of payment tech.
Apple Pay VP Jennifer Bailey Talks Cryptocurrency in Interview
At a private event in San Francisco, Apple Pay vice president Jennifer Bailey talks with CNN about Apple Pay and cryptocurrency.
Apple Pay Austria Possibly Launching Tomorrow
Rumor has it that Apple Pay Austria is supposed to launch tomorrow, although we’re not sure which banks will support it at launch.
JCPenney Explains Apple Pay Removal
This morning we heard that JCPenney quietly removed support for Apple Pay from its stores. Now we have a better idea why.
The retailer now claims the move was necessitated by the April 13, 2019 deadline in the U.S. for supporting EMV contactless chip functionality. As of this date, all terminals at U.S. merchants locations that accept contactless payments must actively support EMV contactless chip functionality, and the legacy MSD (magnetic stripe data) contactless technology must be retired. JCPenney was not ready to comply, it seems, so it switched off all contactless payment options as a result. However, it hasn’t ruled out re-enabling them later on, it seems.
Going Cashless is in Our Near Future
Jefferson Graham writes how going cashless is the future, with contactless payment apps like Apple Pay ushering this reality in.
“It seems that people are moving away from cash and technology is making it easier than ever to tap and go.” Advantage: faster checkout lines, and the elimination of fees for armored car cash pickups and fear from employees about getting robbed.
For the most part I’m already mostly cashless. The only thing I need cash for is laundry. For everything else I use a debit or credit card.
Why Did Walgreens Add Alipay? Chinese Tourists
The decision sounds a bit confusing at first, but makes sense once you learn about the number of Chinese tourists in the U.S.
Apple Pay Support Comes to Over 20 Banks Worldwide
Aside from French banks adding support, Apple updated its list to reflect the addition of over 20 more banks.
The U.S. bank list is now so long that Apple has introduced alphabetical sub-sections to make it easier to find your bank on the list. Other new entries added to the most recently updated list include Qpay in Australia; HSBC in France; Surgutneftegasbank in Russia; Banco Mediolanum in Spain; Concord bank and UkrSibbank in Ukraine; and N26 in the UK.
Should Apple Have its own Debit Card?
John Detrixhe argues that Apple should release its own debit card to prepare for the wave of contactless cards.
But consumers typically avoid moving their financial accounts and tend to be faithful, even when they dislike the service. An Apple debit card is a chance for the Silicon Valley-based company to give customers what they want—for God’s sake—before someone else does.
I’m not sure I’m sold on this idea. For a debit card maybe Apple could work with the bank it uses for device financing. I think what would be nice though is for Apple Pay Cash to work more like its own bank.
Use Apple Pay to Buy Nacho Fries at Taco Bell
Now that Taco Bell is bringing back nacho fries, you can use your iPhone or Apple Watch to pay for them.
Apple Pay Czech Could Come in February or March
The first group of banks to support it include Česká spořitelna, mBank, Komerční banka, Moneta and AirBank.
Belgium Apple Pay Coming in the Next Few Weeks
A Redditor claiming to work at an Apple Store in Brussels says that Belgium Apple Pay should launch in the next few weeks.
CVS Finally Supports Apple Pay
CVS finally caved and is now accepting Apply Pay at its retail stores.
7-Eleven Stores Get Apple Pay Support
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.
Apple Pauses Its Plan to Introduce Apple Pay in India
Despite talking with banks and the National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI), the plan has been put on hold.
You Can Now Use Apple Pay at Costco
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.
Apple Pay Dominance, NFC in HomePod - TMO Daily Observations 2018-07-31
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.
