Court: Apple has not illegally agreed with Visa and Mastercard

Court: Apple has not illegally agreed with Visa and Mastercard

Apple has initially won a US legal dispute over credit card fees for Apple Pay payments. The US District Court in Illinois judged last weekthat a group of dealers, including the beverage seller Mirage Wine & Spirits and other shops, would not have provided enough evidence of their complaint. Apple Pay uses the large credit … Read more

EU forces NFC opening for payments: bye Apple Pay?

EU forces NFC opening for payments: bye Apple Pay?

For the first time, iPhone users with other services can pay contactlessly at NFC cass terminals than just Apple Pay. In addition, it is possible to set up a different app as a new standard for contactless payments-instead of Apple’s wallet app, which previously served as a central, digital wallet. This brings potentially diverse changes … Read more

Curve Pay instead of Apple Pay: Apple is competing with other wallet

Curve Pay instead of Apple Pay: Apple is competing with other wallet

More Wallet selection for iPhones: With Curve Pay, another Apple Pay alternative has started. The Pay Cosystem had been a “solo game” by Apple for far too long, the founder of Curve said that this “monopoly” will now be ended. At the pressure of EU regulators, Apple had to open the NFC interface to iPhones … Read more

Instead of Apple Pay: PayPal starts with contactless numbers on iPhone

Instead of Apple Pay: PayPal starts with contactless numbers on iPhone

PayPal is currently launching a new function for NFC payments in Germany. The first users can now set up a virtual Debit MasterCard in the PayPal app, a PayPal account of the Mac & I editorial team has shown the extended functionality since Tuesday-even without another app update. This enables contactless payments to NFC cash … Read more

PayPal announces contactless mobile wallet for paying at the cash register

PayPal announces contactless mobile wallet for paying at the cash register

PayPal wants to position itself as an alternative to the contactless payment services of Apple and Google. In the course of the summer, the company will integrate its own mobile wallet into its own app, with which customers can pay for pay terminals in shops with their smartphones. According to PayPal, Germany is the world’s … Read more

New York City wants to bring subway ticket to the iPhone

New York City wants to bring subway ticket to the iPhone

According to Los Angeles, Paris, Washington, Chicago, Portland, as well as various Japanese and Chinese cities, New York City will soon also receive support for local transport tickets in Apple Wallet. The reports 9to5mac Referring to the public transport company MTA that this In her latest annual report mentioned. According to this, the so-called omny … Read more

Volksbanks bring Girocard to the iPhone – apart from Apple Pay

Volksbanks bring Girocard to the iPhone - apart from Apple Pay

So far, for iPhone users and banks at Mobile Payment, there was no way around Apple Pay. That will change soon: The Volks- und Raiffeisen banks want to give customers the option in the current year to pay contactlessly in shops with the iPhone- outside of Apple’s central payment service. “The first Girocard transaction on … Read more

“Request to Pay”: Apple Store allows new payment options – with horse foot

"Request to Pay": Apple Store allows new payment options - with horse foot

Apple has introduced a new payment option in its German online shop that can be used to pay directly from your own bank account. The procedure called “Request to Pay” (R2P) is implemented with the service provider Deutsche Bank and comes for customers with a few disadvantages, while Apple sees his money faster. It is … Read more