Apple has announced that it will be opening up the iPhone’s NFC (Near Field Communication) chip using its Secure Element feature to third-party developers for contactless payments, separate from Apple Pay and Apple Wallet. The feature will debut in a future release of iOS 18.1 and will be available in Australia, Brazil, Canada, Japan, New […]
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Apple launches Tap to Pay on iPhone in Australia
Apple has debuted its Tap to Pay feature on iPhone in Australia, allowing for secure contactless payments throughout the country. At launch, Westpac and Tyro Payments are the first payment platforms in Australia to provide Tap to Pay on iPhone to their customers. Other payment platforms and applications, such as ANZ Worldline Payment Solutions, Stripe, […]
Hubris, anyone? Just hours after publishing a blog post answering some questions about its upcoming CurrentC mobile payments system and touting the security of its cloud-based storage of sensitive information, the company behind the effort, Merchant Customer Exchange (MCX) has alerted users of unauthorized access to their email addresses. Per MacRumors, the company released the […]
You’ve been hankering for Apple to incorporate a near-field communication payment system in its devices. And it’s on its way. Per The Mac Observer, Apple announced ApplePay, its mobile payment system, during its media Tuesday. The system requires the just announced iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus, both of which include NFC support. ApplePay and […]