The Apple Pay International Expansion Tour continues with the contactless payment method becoming viable for your upcoming trip to Paraguay. Per a recent blog post via Mastercard, Mastercard announced that cards issued by Banco Continental, Itau, and Ueno Bank can all be added to Apple Wallet and used with Apple Pay. While Apple Pay is […]
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Tap to Pay on iPhone launches in Italy
Apple’s Tap to Pay on iPhone technology launched in Italy on Thursday, allowing sellers to use the iPhone as a contactless payment terminal. As with other international launches, the feature allows retailers to use the NFC chip inside more recent iPhones to accept debit and credit card payments alongside Apple Pay and other digital payment […]
Sometimes incredibly complex premium credit card banking and finance deals don’t work out in the long run. Per the Wall Street Journal, Apple will be ending its Apple Card credit card partnership with Goldman Sachs within the next 12 to 15 months. It’s unknown as to whether Apple has established a new partnership for the […]
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 […]
This should come in handy. Apple has signed an agreement bringing Apple Pay to Isracard, one of Israel’s leading credit card companies by the end of the year. The agreement allows Apple for four years to use Isracard’s services via Apple’s digital payment method. Apple has been in negotiations with financial institutions in the Middle […]