Apple Pay to face mobile payments competitor CurrentC in mid-2015
Apple's iPhone-based Apple Pay service will soon see its first major competition in the mobile payments space as MCX consortium-backed solution CurrentC prepares to go public.
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AppleInsider Staff
Two-thirds of Apple Pay users running into problems at checkout, survey claims
Although Apple CEO Tim Cook claimed that Apple Pay had "gotten off to the most amazing start," about two-thirds of its users are encountering problems at retail, according to a survey published this week by Phoenix Marketing International.
Roger Fingas
China reportedly defers banking technology regulations, relieves pressure on foreign firms
China has reportedly agreed to delay a rollout of regulations that would restrict state-operated banks from purchasing or employing foreign equipment and technology.
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
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
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.
PGA Tour & MasterCard expand Apple Pay use to merch, concessions at Arnold Palmer Invitational
The PGA Tour's support of Apple Pay will expand with the upcoming Arnold Palmer Invitational event, where fans will be able to purchase both merchandise and concessions with their iPhone 6 or iPhone 6 Plus.
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.
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.
Sam Oliver
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