Apple Pay transactions have risen nearly 500% year on year, with more purchases made in September 2016 than during the whole fiscal year in 2015, Apple CEO Tim Cook has revealed during the company’s latest quarterly financial results call... More
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Apple Pay goes live in Japan
Apple Pay is now live in Japan, enabling local iPhone and Apple Watch users to make payments in stores and on public transportation services that support the widely used Sony FeliCa-based Japanese NFC payments system... More
Apple Pay arriving in Germany?
Apple Pay is about to launch in Germany, if a series of hints on the Apple website is confirmed... More
Stagecoach to deliver contactless payments on all its UK buses by 2018
Britain’s biggest bus operator Stagecoach will install contactless payment technology on all of its regional bus services across the UK by the end of 2018, allowing passengers to pay for travel with a contactless credit or debit card, as well as Apple Pay and Android Pay... More
Eckoh and Worldpay conduct first telephone-based Apple Pay transaction
Contact centre solutions provider Eckoh has performed the world’s first Apple Pay payment via a telephone call... More
Apple Pay adds US banks and BA app support
Apple has added 24 banks and credit unions to its list of Apple Pay supporting financial institutions in the US, AppleInsider reports... More
PayPal tops mobile payment apps in US, but retailers want Apple Pay
Nearly one in five US smartphone owners (18%) have now used a mobile payment app, research released by Parks Associates reveals, with PayPal proving to be the most popular among all US smartphone users with 12%, followed by retail-branded mobile apps (9%), Apple Pay (4%), Android Pay (3%) and Samsung Pay (2%)... More
Apple targets cashless society
Apple is planning to “pour further resources” into Apple Pay in Japan and across other Asian markets in an attempt to promote a cashless society... More
Paymark enables Apple Pay in New Zealand
Payments network Paymark has enabled its entire network of retailers across New Zealand to accept Apple Pay... More
Australian banks call Apple’s NFC restriction “completely baseless”
Apple’s claim that allowing access to the NFC technology within its iPhones would diminish the security of Apple Pay has been branded “completely baseless” by a group of four Australian banks, who are seeking greater powers of negotiation over the entry of third-party mobile wallets in the country... More
USAA Bank adds Samsung Pay
USAA Bank has introduced support for Samsung Pay for its Visa credit and debit cardholders... More
Apple Pay launches in New Zealand
Apple Pay has arrived in New Zealand with support for Visa credit and debit cards issued by ANZ Bank New Zealand... More
Apple Pay adoption low, says report
Only one in ten iPhone owners have used Apple Pay and, among those who haven’t done so, 63% said it’s because their preferred merchants don’t support it as a payment option, research from Parks Associates reveals... More
Apple Pay signs up more UK and US banks
The UK’s Metro Bank and Co-operative Bank have begun supporting Apple Pay, taking the number of financial institutions backing the mobile payment service in the country to 23... More
Desjardins to support Apple Pay in 2017
Canadian cooperative financial group Desjardins is to begin offering Apple Pay to its members and customers... More
Apple Pay goes live in Russia
Apple Pay has begun rolling out across Russia, allowing consumers to pay in-store and make in-app and online purchases... More
Apple Pay adds more US financial institutions
Apple has added more than 30 banks and credit unions to its list of Apple Pay supporting financial institutions in the US, 9to5mac reports... More
Sierra takes Apple Pay to Safari
Apple’s latest macOS Sierra update is making Apple Pay available for web purchases through Safari on desktop devices... More
Apple Pay introduces payments on the web
Apple Pay is now available for payments on the web following the release of the company’s latest iOS 10 operating system, allowing users to make online purchases using a ‘Pay with Apple Pay’ button... More
UOB to launch NFC ATMs and instant credit card issuance
Customers of Singapore’s United Overseas Bank (UOB) will soon be able to withdraw cash from ATMs with a tap of their NFC mobile phone and get instant digital credit card issuance straight to their smartphones through the UOB Mighty host card emulation (HCE) based mobile payment service... More