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Apple creates Apple Financing LLC to handle Apple Pay Later lending

During its WWDC 2022 keynote, Apple announced its new “Apple Pay Later” program, which is set to debut this fall and allows shoppers to break their payments for purchases into four equal installments, over six weeks. The company is apparently also handling the lending through the use of its new wholly-owned subsidiary, as opposed to […]

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Square launches NFC reader compatible with Apple Pay for small businesses

This could come in handy. Mobile payments company Square today announced the launch of its new NFC reader within 100 small businesses around the country, letting stores who previously were unable to accept Apple Pay due to the lack of a required contactless reader, to begin supporting the service. The reader will act like all […]

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Apple Pay stickers, decals now available to merchants

Apple on Monday updated a section of its Apple Pay website, adding a new feature that allows businesses to order Apple Pay decals for merchants. Clicking the link to order decals takes merchants to a new Apple Pay Supplies website where they can sign up to receive an Apple Pay kit that contains window and […]

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Apple Pay fans tears down CurrentC’s App Store rating, MCX suggests possible switch to NFC technology

The most recent volley in the NFC payment war between Apple Pay and the MCX consortium’s CurrentC mobile payment service has been fired. And it has a lot to do with app reviews. Per 9to5Mac, a number of users have expressed their displeasure with the CurrentC app, at the time of writing, the app having […]

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Apple patent filing hints at NFC, digital wallet technologies

Sometimes it’s the patent filings that really tell you what’s coming down the road. Per BusinessInsider, a newly public patent application from Apple describes a detailed backend architecture for a mobile wallet designed to hold digital credit, debit cards and coupons issued by a range of merchants and financial institutions. The filing describes the system […]