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iPhone to iPhone/Tap to Pay feature expands to more than 700,000 businesses across the U.S.

The Tap to Pay/”iPhone smooch” function to pay for goods and services has become a lot more ubiquitous. According to Wix.com, the Tap to Pay feature on iPhone is now available to more than 700,000 additional businesses across the U.S. As of Monday, businesses with an online store built on the Wix.com platform can accept […]

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Apple Card offers Disaster Relief feature, leniency in payments following emergencies

The Apple Card now includes Disaster Relief as a perk. A customer who lives in Houston and was impacted by flooding from tropical storm Imelda received the following email: “We understand that you have been affected by a natural disaster. We’d like to offer our support and assistance through our Disaster Relief Program.” The program […]

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Lisa Brennan-Jobs’ “Small Fry” to offer additional details about Steve Jobs, her relationship with her father, in forthcoming memoir

There’s two sides to every person. As such, Lisa Brennan-Jobs, a daughter of the longtime Apple CEO Steve Jobs, has published an excerpt from her coming memoir, “Small Fry,” which contains heartbreaking details about her difficult relationship with her father. This marks the first time Jobs’ daughter has written in depth about her father, who […]

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After abrupt interruption in April, Apple restores Barclays, PayPal Credit financing for U.K. customers

Back in April, Apple abruptly removed financing options from its U.K. website. The move came without explanation from the company, but now the financing options are back in nearly identical form. As of now, U.K.-based shopper can once again finance their Apple purchases with either Barclays or PayPal Credit. Barclays is available for purchase over […]

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Report indicates Apple Pay now the fifth most popular payment platform on the Web

If nothing else, Apple Pay is gaining traction. Just over a month after launching Apple Pay on the web to bring the payments service to website checkouts via its Safari web browser, new data shows Apple has already made it into the top five payment technologies online. Analystics firm SimilarTech’s platform tracks over 30 billion […]