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Apple Pay launches in New Zealand via ANZ bank partnership

Apple Pay has come to New Zealand. The service launched in New Zealand on Wednesday, marking the 11th country where the service has come online. Apple Pay in New Zealand is available through a partnership with ANZ bank, meaning it can only be used with Visa credit and debit cards issued by ANZ at this […]

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Apple Pay launches in the UK

As of today, Apple Pay has officially come to the United Kingdom and are available for use in England, Scotland, Wales, and Northern Ireland. Apple Pay works at participating retail stores and within apps that accept it. Because it requires NFC, it is only available for iPhone 6 and 6 Plus users, and Apple Watch […]

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Quick change to Apple Pay site hints at retailers that may be unable to incorporate new payment method in 2014

With literally a week left in 2014, a change to an Apple web page hinted at organizations that might not be able to incorporate Apple Pay within 2014. Per MacRumors, Apple today slightly altered its micro site dedicated to Apple Pay to update the status of several of its partnerships. Retailers that teamed up with […]

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Apple Pay grows, now supports 90% of U.S. credit cards

Apple Pay is growing. Per MacRumors and the New York Times, With the list of Apple Pay-supported companies growing more every week, Apple has revealed that the new mobile payments service now supports cards representing about 90 percent of the credit card purchase volume in the United States. This is up from the 80 percent […]