Apple Pay could launch in Germany this week after long wait
After one of the most conspicuous gaps in Apple Pay's European coverage, Germany may finally be getting access to the payment platform this week.
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iPhone XR is topping XS & XS Max in sales, says Apple's Greg Joswiak
The iPhone XR has been beating sales of the iPhone XS and XS Max every day since the phone launched on Oct. 26, Apple marketing VP Greg Joswiak said in an interview published on Wednesday.
Apple Pay now available in Belgium and Kazakhstan
Apple Pay has gone live in two more countries, with customers of some banks in Belgium and Kazakhstan now able to make purchases in stores using their iPhones via Apple's mobile payments platform.
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Apple Pay tipped to launch in Belgium on Wednesday
Apple Pay will launch in Belgium in the very near future, one local report claims, with customers of major bank BNP Paribas Fortis potentially able to start using Apple's mobile payment system from early on Wednesday morning.
Apple Pay adoption in Switzerland may have been hampered by colluding banks
Authorities in Switzerland have opened a probe into allegations major financial bodies in the country colluded to support the national mobile payment system TWINT in favor of rival systems Apple Pay and Samsung Pay, by actively boycotting the competing services.
Apple Pay finally 'coming soon' to Germany
Apple Pay is at last "coming soon" to Germany, according to the company's website, though it has less than two months to fulfill a 2018 launch date it promised earlier in the year.
iOS, iCloud PR lead Laura Newell leaves Apple for new job in healthcare industry
One of the more important PR representatives at Apple, Laura Newell, has reportedly left the company for a job with a firm called Collective Health.
Apple Q4 services revenue up to nearly $10B, Apple Pay transactions tripled
Excluding a one-time payment, Apple's services revenue rose 27 percent during the September quarter to $9.981 billion, aided by the company's usual suspects but in no small part by a sharp rise in Apple Pay transactions.
Apple Pay expected to arrive in Belgium this November
Apple Pay should finally launch in Belgium sometime next month, initially through a single bank, according to a local newspaper.
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