US Bank is to raise up to US$50,000 for the US Marine Corps’ Toys for Tots charity programme by donating $1 whenever one of its customers in Minnesota completes an Apple Pay transaction... More
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Apple Pay signs deal with China UnionPay?
Apple Pay has reached an agreement with China UnionPay to use its point-of-sale network to introduce the mobile payment service in China, according to Bloomberg... More
Apple Pay to launch in China by February?
Apple is planning to launch Apple Pay in China by 8 February 2016, according to the Wall Street Journal... More
MasterCard lets Apple Pay users travel for free in London
Passengers using Apple Pay to pay for travel with a MasterCard on London’s transport network will have their fares refunded by the payments network over the next four Mondays. More
Apple Pay faces delays in China
Apple Pay is facing more delays in China and is not expected to launch there until the end of 2016, TechWeb reports... More
Apple Pay goes live in Australia
Apple Pay has begun rolling out across Australia, allowing American Express cardholders to make NFC mobile payments using iPhone 6, iPhone 6 Plus, iPhone 6S, iPhone 6S Plus and Apple Watch devices. More
American Express unveils NFC, HCE and tokenization platform
American Express has launched Amex Enabled Digital Solution, a platform incorporating support for multiple digital wallets, contactless payments based on NFC and host card emulation (HCE), tokenization and express checkout services. The platform is designed to help both banks and merchants, Amex’s Mike Matan told NFC World. More
Apple Pay adds close to 100 banks in the US
Apple has added just under 100 more banks and credit unions to its list of Apple Pay supporting financial institutions in the US, 9to5mac reports... More
Norway’s Valyou NFC wallet to shut down due to lack of user adoption
The Valyou NFC mobile wallet developed by Norwegian mobile network operator Telenor and banking group DNB is to shut down due to a “much lower than expected end user uptake”... More
Apple Pay could launch in Australia this week
Apple Pay may go live in Australia on November 19, following its launch in Canada earlier this week... More
Apple Pay goes live in Canada for American Express cardholders
Apple Pay has begun rolling out across Canada, allowing American Express cardholders to pay in-store with compatible Apple devices at Amex contactless merchants as well as make purchases within participating mobile apps... More
TSB and Tesco Bank go live with Apple Pay
UK banks TSB and Tesco Bank are now supporting Apple Pay... More
Apple Pay to launch in Canada this week?
American Express has confirmed that Apple Pay is set to launch in Canada on November 17, iPhone In Canada reports... More
Apple doesn’t want to be a bank, says CEO
“Nobody wants to become a bank any more and we don’t want to become a bank,” Apple CEO Tim Cook has told the University Philosophical Society at Trinity College, Dublin during a visit this week, Ireland’s Independent newspaper reports... More
Apple to add P2P payments to Apple Pay?
Apple is reportedly holding discussions with US banks about developing a payment service that would let users send money to one another from their phones through Apple Pay... More
86% of TMG clients to offer Samsung Pay and Android Pay
Nearly nine in ten (86%) financial institution clients of The Members Group (TMG) plan to make Samsung Pay and Android Pay available to their customers... More
Credit card networks in “standoff” with Apple in Canada
Apple’s decision to launch Apple Pay in Canada with just the support of American Express “had less to do with Apple’s strategy for entering Canada specifically, and more to do with a global push that aims to negotiate by credit-card network rather than bank by bank,” a source has told The Globe and Mail... More
Trustev reports on US adoption rates for Apple Pay versus Android Pay and Samsung Pay
One in five US consumers (20%) with an iPhone that supports Apple Pay have tried the mobile payment service while 14% of those with a Samsung Galaxy S5 or S6 have tried Samsung Pay or Android Pay, research from Trustev reveals... More
Kohl’s and Walgreens add loyalty to Apple Pay
US retailers Kohl’s and Walgreens have become the first to integrate their loyalty programs with Apple Pay, allowing Kohl’s Charge Card and Walgreens’ Balance Reward customers to earn and redeem points using their iPhones... More
‘Contactless’ shortlisted for UK word of the year
‘Contactless’ has made the shortlist for the 2015 Collins Word of the Year but missed out on the top spot to the word ‘Binge-watch’... More