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Apple Pay Later explained: Features and benefits

With Apple Pay Later, you can split your purchases into four payments spread over six weeks with no interest or fees. Learn more right here!

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Apple Tap to Pay
US merchants to soon accept payments on their iPhone

Apple has announced a new 'Tap to Pay' feature for iOS that will allow US merchants and small business owners to accept payments directly on their iPhones.

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iPhones could soon accept contactless payments using NFC

Apple is working on a solution for iPhones that would enable them to accept debit and credit card payments through NFC, as per a new report. It claims that this functionality will be enabled through a future iOS update.

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Apple Pay’s Express Transit feature may pose a threat to Visa users

It seems that Apple Pay's Express Transit isn't as safe for some users, as some researchers showed ways to fool the system

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What Apple’s Second Payment Services Directive (PSD2) notification means for you

What does Apple mean by the "Second Payment Services Directive (PSD2) has taken effect?" Here's what PSD2 is and why you shouldn't bother if you use Apple Pay.

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Apple Pay is now accepted in every Manhattan subway station and bus

Apple Pay and other contactless payment options can now be used to pay for your tickets at subway stations and buses in Manhattan

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You could start writing checks from your Google Pay account next year

Google is apparently working to link their Google Pay accounts to checking accounts with the collaboration of Citigroup

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CVS finally accepting mobile payments like Apple Pay, Google Pay

Yes, even contactless cards are being accepted at the registers these days. What took the United States's largest drugstore chain so long to adapt?

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Samsung Pay is available in 21 markets after launching in Italy with robust local bank support

Samsung Pay is narrowly ahead of Apple Pay in terms of the number of global markets supported, even if the latter has made a much earlier debut in Italy.

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Apple Pay is the first major digital wallet service available in Italy starting today

Following Ireland and Taiwan earlier this year, as well as more than a dozen countries previously, Apple Pay has now officially expanded to Italy.

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Samsung Pay launches in India, Apple Pay in Ireland, and Android Pay in Belgium

Today's another big day for the digital wallet market, as Android Pay, Apple Pay and Samsung Pay expand to Belgium, Ireland and India respectively.

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Apple Pay expands to 31 new Australian banks, Android Pay matches that count stateside

More US banks are supporting Android Pay now than you can count, as well as a rapidly growing roster of Australian Apple Pay partners.

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Hong Kong gets Apple Pay

Hong Kong's tap-and-pay ecosystem started in 1997 with the Octopus Card and has only recently began to include smartphones. Will Apple Pay make way in HK?

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Is Android Pay safe?

Ever since we've used money, people have tried to steal it. That's even more true today than in prior years. NFC may address that, but is Android Pay safe?

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Why have certain retailers started blocking NFC payments?

Wait, didn't Google Wallet work at this CVS last week? Find out why companies are blocking NFC payments as a power play.

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Why the heck do the new iPads have NFC chips when they can’t make contactless payments?

Learn why there's an iPad NFC chip in the latest models even though they can't participate in contactless mobile payments.

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