Apple on Tuesday released both its iOS 17.4 and iPadOS 17.4 updates, the fourth major update to each of its mobile operating systems. The updates include the following major fixes and changes, which also affect App Store and app functionality in the European Union, forthcoming support for alternative app marketplaces, alternative payment systems on iOS […]
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Following Western sanctions on Russia’s financial institutions in response to last week’s invasion of Ukraine, customers from several of Russia’s largest banks have discovered they can no longer use their debit and credit cards in conjunction with Apple Pay and Google Pay. Among the affected organizations include VTB Group, Sovcombank, Novikombank, Promsvyazbank, and Otkritie FC […]
Apple Cash, Apple’s peer-to-peer payments system that works in conjunction with Apple Pay and iMessage, received some small updates on Thursday. Among these updates is a new Instant transfer feature that works with both Mastercard and Visa debit cards. Previously only the latter card could be used, so the addition of Mastercard means Instant Transfer […]
If you’re headed to Europe, this is going to come in handy. Apple Pay is about to launch in Germany, complete with banks like HVB and Bunq having already sent out emails to customers to inform them of this fact.. On Apple’s German website, Apple Pay is listed as “coming soon.” Plus, in the recent […]
Apple has apparently found the mother of all tax shelter combinations. Despite company CEO Tim Cook having stated that “We pay all the taxes we owe, every single dollar. We don’t depend on tax gimmicks, we don’t stash money on some Caribbean island” during a a United States Senate investigative subcommittee hearing in 2013, the […]