Latest Apple Pay News

Apple Pay decals begin arriving with supporting merchants

Vendors who accept Apple Pay can advertise their support with new decal stickers supplied by Apple itself, which began arriving in the mail for merchants on Thursday.

Neil Hughes 11 years ago 20

Apple's new Apple Pay acceptance decal kits raise customer awareness at participating merchants

Apple recently activated a program allowing merchants to order Apple Pay decal kits to dress up shop windows and registers, which raises customer awareness of where Apple's payment service is accepted.

Mikey Campbell 11 years ago 65

Study: 6% of iPhone 6 owners have used touchless Apple Pay in stores, 85% have not

According to market research firm InfoScout, some six percent of iPhone 6 and 6 Plus owners have used Apple Pay to make a touchless transaction, while 85 percent have yet to try the service.

AppleInsider Staff 11 years ago 91

Apple updates developer guidelines to cover ResearchKit, Apple Pay, media rippers

Apple has made small but important changes to its official App Store Review Guidelines for iOS developers, addressing consent issues with the company's new ResearchKit platform, along with recurring payments under Apple Pay, and downloads of third-party music and video.

Roger Fingas 11 years ago 0

Swatch signs deals for NFC payments in face of looming smartwatch threat

Swiss watchmaker Swatch has forged deals with banking firms to add NFC-based payments to its upcoming products, something that may be necessary to mitigate the threat of devices like the Apple Watch.

Roger Fingas 11 years ago 83

Apple adds 14 new merchants to Apple Pay website including Jamba Juice and Office Max

Following big MacBook and Apple Watch announcements at Monday's "Spring Forward" event, Apple updated its running list of merchants that support Apple Pay to include 14 new stores.

Mikey Campbell 11 years ago 41

GameStop pledges to support Apple Pay in wake of Apple Watch event

Another major retail chain, GameStop, has announced plans to support Apple Pay in the aftermath of yesterday's Apple Watch press event, with preparations underway to introduce the payment technology later this month.

Roger Fingas 11 years ago 5

Apple Pay to land in Marriott hotels this summer, Etsy iOS app soon

Adding to Apple Pay's expanding footprint, Marriott and Etsy announced separately that they will offer physical and digital support for Apple's payments service in the coming weeks.

AppleInsider Staff 11 years ago 4

Apple targeting independent merchants for Apple Pay, adds new FAQ and telephone support

As Apple seeks to expand the network of businesses that accept Apple Pay, recent updates to the company's marketing collateral for the mobile payment system have begun to focus on recruiting independent merchants, answering a number of frequently-asked questions and offering a telephone support hotline.

Sam Oliver 11 years ago 6

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