Apple's Tap to Pay framework is getting support in many countries. Now one of the major US airlines adopts framework to process in-flight purchases.
Alaska Airlines is teaming with Stripe to provide support for purchases and uses Tap to Pay on iPhone to accept contactless payments.
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Apple launches Tap to Pay support in France.
The banking group BPCE (Banques Populaires, Caisses d'Epargne and Payplug) and along with Adyen, myPOS, Revolut, SumUp, Viva Wallet, and Worldline now offer Tap to Pay on iPhone to French customers. They will soon be joined by BNP Paribas, Crédit Coopératif, Market Pay, Stancer and Stripe, according to Apple.
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Apple Newsroom: Apple lance Tap to Pay sur iPhone en France (French)
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Apple continues the expansion of Tap to Pay support, now with PrivatBank in Ukraine. Ukraine joins six other regions – US, UK, Taiwan, Australian, Netherlands and Brazil.
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Apple launches Tap to Pay in Brazil with CloudWalk’s InfinitePay integration.
Based on a report from last year, almost 40% of transactions in Brazil during the third quarter of 2022 were made through contactless payments. The country has a high rate of NFC-enabled POS (point-of-sale) terminals.
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Reference: Apple officially launches Tap to Pay in Brazil as international expansion continues
Apple brings Tap to Pay framework to Netherlands with Adyen and SumUp as first payment platforms supporting the framework. Other companies are expected to follow.
Other parties will also follow at a later date, including Rabobank, Klearly, Revolut, Stripe and myPOS.
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Apple Developer: Tap to Pay on iPhone
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Apple now introduces support for Tap to Pay in UK. Framework allows accepting contactless payments directly on iPhone.
Revolut and Tyl by NatWest are the first payment platforms to offer Tap to Pay on iPhone to their U.K. business customers, with Adyen, Dojo, myPOS, Stripe, SumUp, Viva Wallet, Worldline, and Zettle by PayPal coming soon. Tap to Pay on iPhone will also roll out to Apple Store locations in the U.K. in the coming weeks.
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Apple Newsroom: Apple introduces Tap to Pay on iPhone in the U.K.
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Apple expanded its services to new regions.
Tap to Pay is now available in Australia, allowing collecting contactless payments directly via iPhone.
Apple Pay becomes available in Panama and Honduras.
Apple online store opens in Vietnam.
And finally, support for Wallet driver licenses expands to Georgia, USA.
Apple Newsroom: Apple launches Apple Store online in Vietnam
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PayPal and Venmo iOS apps soon to be able to accept payments directly on the phone with Tap to Pay support.
Leveraging Apple's Tap to Pay on iPhone technology, U.S. merchant customers will soon be able to accept contactless debit or credit cards and mobile wallets, including Apple Pay, using an iPhone and the PayPal or Venmo iOS app.
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Also PayPal is adding Apple Pay support for online payments to their app.
Reference: Apple Tap to Pay Integration Coming to PayPal and Venmo iOS Apps
Apple recently announced Tap to Pay framework to accept contactless payments directly on iPhone.
Now Square launches support for merchants.
Square: Square launches Tap to Pay on iPhone for US sellers
Reference: Square Officially Launches Support for Tap to Pay on iPhone
Apple releases next round of beta versions for iOS/iPadOS 15.4, macOS 12.3 Monterey, watchOS 8.5 and tvOS 15.4.
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iPad Pro 12.9-inch (5th generation) and iPad Pro 11-inch (3rd generation) can only update to iPadOS 15.4 beta 2 from iPadOS 15.4 beta 1.
Xcode 13.3 beta 2 is also released.
iOS 15.4 beta 2 includes "Tap to pay" framework, recently announced by Apple. Also, second beta now supports driver's license in Wallet. Also, this beta resolve issues with Siri recordings being shared even if user opted out.
macOS 12.3 beta 2 should resolve issues with bluetooth battery drain.
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