This story is part of WWDC 2022, CNET’s complete coverage from and about Apple’s annual developers conference. Brands are about to get a lot more chatty with Apple’s iOS 11. Apple this week at its Worldwide Developers Conference unveiled its new iMessage Business Chat feature that lets companies connect directly with you in its texting app. …
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This story is part of WWDC 2022, CNET’s complete coverage from and about Apple’s annual developers conference. Now playing: Watch this: Apple Pay lets you send money to friends and family 1:23 Soon you’ll be able to pay your friend for that ski trip using Apple Pay. Apple on Monday showed off a new person-to-person payment system. The new service …
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Samsung Pay finally launched in the UK on Tuesday, just shy of two years after it was first announced. The mobile-payments platform is Samsung’s rival to Android Pay and Apple Pay and lets Samsung phone owners use their device at contactless payment terminals instead of a debit or credit card. The UK is the 18th country globally to get Samsung …
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Apple wants a piece of Venmo’s market. The iPhone maker held talks recently with payments companies in hopes of introducing its own money-transfer service akin to PayPal’s Venmo, according to a report Thursday from Recode. The new peer-to-peer payment service, which could be coming later this year, would reportedly allow iPhone owners to send cash digitally to other iPhone owners. …
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We’ve heard that LG will be releasing its own mobile payment platform on the LG G6 to rival the likes of Apple Pay, Android Pay, and Samsung Pay, but it could get a leg up on the competition. LG Pay may use facial recognition as an extra layer of payment authentication, according to The Investor. If this happens, the LG …
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UK-based analyst Juniper Research released a new study Tuesday that showed the number of “contactless” Apple Pay users nearly doubling year over year, with the total number of Apple Pay users reaching 86 million by the end of 2017. Android Pay (Google) and Samsung Pay are also seeing big increases in usage. Still, Juniper expects Apple to dominate the contactless …
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Apple Pay so far hasn’t inspired people to burn their wallets, but there’s one type of newer digital payment that’s gaining traction. Visa on Thursday said Visa Checkout now has over 20 million enrolled customers. That’s double the 10 million of around the same time last year, but still a fraction of Visa’s 2.5 billion total issued cards. With the …
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Apple today updated its list of official Apple Pay partners, with 22 new US banks added to the hundreds that already support the payment system, according to 9to5Mac. The site lists the following banks and credit unions as new additions to Apple Pay: Bank of Grove Boulder Dam Credit Union Boundary Waters Bank Community 1st Credit Union Decorah Bank & …
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In a major decision that could change the way you use your iPhone at the checkout, the Australian Competition and Consumer Comission has ruled that Australia’s big banks can’t work together to “collectively boycott” Apple Pay. Commonwealth Bank, Westpac, NAB, Bendigo and Adelaide Bank had been petitioning to collectively bargain with Apple in order to get access to Near-Field Communication …
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Apple’s legal battle with Qualcomm has gone international. The iPhone maker on Wednesday filed two lawsuits against Qualcomm in China, according to Reuters, which cited a press release from Beijing’s Intellectual Property Court. The first alleges that Qualcomm “abused its clout in the chip industry,” a violation of China’s anti-monopoly law. Apple seeks 1 billion yuan ($145.32 million) in damages, …
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