Apple today announced a pair of initiatives that will allow its customers to support America’s National Parks. Starting tomorrow, August 24, and continuing through the 31st, Apple says it will donate $1 to the National Park Foundation for every purchase made using Apple Pay online at apple.com, or through the Apple Store app in the […]
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Costco now supports Apple Pay across all of its US stores
Apple has landed a big new partner for Apple Pay in the U.S. after Costco began accepting the mobile payment service across 750 stores. The retailer plans to include support at its gas stations, but that isn’t yet complete. The rollout — first reported by MacRumors — follows limited trials at selected Costco outlets, including […]
View More Costco now supports Apple Pay across all of its US storesApple Pay is finally coming to CVS and 7-Eleven, and will soon expand to Germany
Longtime Apple Pay holdout CVS will finally be adding support for Apple’s mobile payments platform this fall, along with 7-Eleven, Apple CEO Tim Cook said this afternoon on the company’s earnings call. The news is particularly notable because CVS was one of the first major retailers to snub Apple Pay, choosing instead to launch its […]
View More Apple Pay is finally coming to CVS and 7-Eleven, and will soon expand to GermanyApple Pay to account for 1 in 2 contactless mobile wallet users by 2020
The number of mobile payments users who tap to pay using a contactless payment solution provided by their mobile device’s maker will grow to 450 million people worldwide by 2020, according to a new forecast from Juniper Research. This includes mobile payment solutions like Apple Pay, Samsung Pay, Google Pay, and others. By this time, […]
View More Apple Pay to account for 1 in 2 contactless mobile wallet users by 2020eBay selects Apple Pay as its first post-PayPal payment option
eBay is continuing its transition away from PayPal as the auction site’s primary payment-processing service by adding new ways to pay.
Apple Pay will be the first new payment service the site has added since spinning off PayPal a few years ago. EBay …
Ebay to add support for Apple Pay, partners with Square Capital on seller financing
Ebay announced this morning it will begin accepting Apple Pay on its marketplace starting this fall, and has also teamed up with Square Capital on seller financing. The changes come following eBay’s further distancing from longtime partner PayPal, which included the company’s switch to Adyen as its primary payments processing partner, announced earlier this year. At […]
View More Ebay to add support for Apple Pay, partners with Square Capital on seller financingApple Pay tests ‘order ahead’ for drinks at music festivals
Apple is fixing one of the worst parts of the concert experience: waiting in line for a beer while you miss your favorite song. Last week’s BottleRock music festival near San Francisco was the first to try a new “order ahead with Apple Pay” feature that Apple hopes to bring to more events. You just […]
View More Apple Pay tests ‘order ahead’ for drinks at music festivalsStarbucks’s mobile payment service is slightly outpacing Apple’s
People really love getting their coffee more quickly. Starbucks, which has operated its own mobile payments service since 2011, is the market leader in terms of mobile payments users, beating out Apple Pay, Google Pay, and Samsung Pay, according to a new reporter from eMarketer out this morning. However, Starbucks’ lead over Apple Pay is […]
View More Starbucks’s mobile payment service is slightly outpacing Apple’sChurches in the UK are now accepting Apple Pay and contactless payments
In an increasingly cashless world, the need to carry physical money is rapidly on the way out. And, one institution that previously relied on physical cash for donations are making big changes to adapt.
The Church of England introduced contactless ca…
Extremely rich dude Tim Cook just doesn’t understand the need for money
Money, who needs it?
Not extremely rich dude and Apple CEO Tim Cook, apparently.
Sure, Cook’s estimated net worth is around $666 million, but, as he explained while waxing philosophic during Apple’s annual shareholder meeting on Feb. 13, that d…
New credit card skimmer worked in plain sight at Aldi stores
Police in Lower Pottsgrove, Pennsylvania have spotted a group of thieves who are placing completely camouflaged skimmers on top of credit card terminals in Aldi stores. The skimmers, which the gang placed in plain sight of surveillance video cameras, look exactly like the original credit card terminals but would store debit card numbers and PINs of unsuspecting shoppers. “While Aldi… Read More
Google Pay makes online payments even easier on Android
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Google is making things simpler for shoppers who love Google.
Forget Android Pay and Google Wallet. Starting Monday, all Google users and Google device owners only need to think about Google Pay. Google announced the name change and services in a blog post titled “Bringing it all together.”
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Google also launched a new Twitter account to celebrate the launch.
We’re excited to announce we’ll be bringing together all the different ways to pay with Google, including Android Pay and Google Wallet, into a single brand: Google Pay. 🎉 #GooglePay https://t.co/vI5Pb8R8AX
— Google Pay (@GooglePay) January 8, 2018 Read more…
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