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Apple Pay Express Transit bug hits number of riders, results in double charging for rail fees

Well, this is kind of a snafu. A small number of New York City subway riders reported a bug in the Metro Transit Authority (MTA) tap-and-go turnstiles that inadvertently activates the Apple Pay Express Transit feature on user iPhones, resulting in double billing. The MTA’s One Metro New York system is designed to scan a […]

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Apple Pay surpasses Starbucks to become the most popular mobile payment platform in the U.S.

Apple Pay has taken the title as the most popular mobile payment platform in the United States. Per new data from eMarketer, Apple Pay has surpassed Starbucks in the US. Starbucks adopted mobile payments relatively early on, and incentivized users with rewards and features such as ordering ahead. As such, Apple Pay and other mobile […]

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Apple Card units begin arriving at customers’ homes

The Apple Card recently rolled out to a limited number of customers via the Wallet app, and some customers are beginning to receive their physical, titanium Apple Card in the mail. Over at The Verge, Nilay Patel shared photos of his Apple Card. The card was revealed to be thicker than his other metal and […]

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Apple Pay, other contactless forms of payment, reinstated at JCPenney’s locations

If you’re looking to resume using Apple Pay at JCPenney, it looks like the system’s back up. The retailer reinstated Apple Pay as its stores on Thursday, June 19th. JCPenney has reinstated Apple Pay at its stores, it emerged Thursday. The reactivation is said to have happened on June 19th. JCPenney stopped accepting Apple Pay and other […]

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Rumor: Apple Pay expected to launch in Slovakia, Greece, and Portugal on June 26th

As expected, Apple Pay will be going live in a number of new countries, reports indicating that the services will launch in Slovakia, Greece, and Portugal on Wednesday via a number of partner financial institutions. Following the expansion of Apple Pay into the Netherlands on June 11, reports indicate banks in three more countries in Europe are […]