The Volksbanken and Raiffeisenbanken need more time to make their Girocard Fit for iPhone payments. It was originally planned to integrate a corresponding payment function into the VR banking app for iOS from September 5-a novelty in Germany because it should work outside of Apple Pay. However, nothing will become of this: the market launch … Read more
First there are discussions about a possible partnership and the exchange of first business secrets. Then the prospect suddenly makes his own thing – presumably based on what he previously learned in the conversations. The literally fine English manner is not, but what makes the lawsuit of the American company final from the state of … Read more
From July 1st, users of the REWE app can redeem more than just coupons and discounts at the cash register. With the same scan of the bonus code you can also pay for your purchase. With this function, the retail chain follows the competitors Lidl, Edeka and others, who have been integrating a payment function … Read more
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
The iPhone manufacturer has significantly expanded the availability of its TAP-to-Pay function, with which the Apple cell phone becomes a card terminal. Have been since last week Another eight European countries included. The service enables you to read credit and debit cards for payments with NFC-capable iPhone models from the X from 2017 without further … Read more
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
Microsoft asks non-profit organizations (NPO) to the cash register in the future. The US group announced that it would stop its free licenses for Microsoft 365 Business Premium and Office 365 E1 from July 1, 2025. New free licenses or extensions of expiring subscriptions are already no longer available. With this step, Microsoft wants to … Read more
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
Five months after the victory of WhatsApp in the legal dispute against the Spyware manufacturer NSO Group, a jury awarded the Messenger of the US group META almost $ 168 million (around 148 million euros). This is reported by the court magazine Courthouse News Service, citing the decision made in California. Accordingly, the sum consists … Read more
Due to untreated use of supposedly standard-essential patents in the iPhone, Apple threatens to pay more than $ 700 million to the Texas Mobil Funech holder Optis. The sum is made up of a total of $ 502 million for the use of the technology together for almost 200 million in interest since 2014. The … Read more