More than 43% of global iPhone users have enabled Apple Pay, according to estimates from the venture capital firm, Loup Ventures LLC. This means that Apple Pay adoption reached 43% of iPhone users. What’s Driving the Boom? Since its launch in 2014, Apple Pay has continued to gain support from retailers and iPhone users. The Minneapolis-based venture firm based its...
Based on the 18th annual POS/Customer Engagement Survey by Boston Retail Partners (BRP), 36% of retailers accept Apple Pay. PayPal held the 1st place in 2016, and this year, took the 2nd place with 34% of retailers accepting the payment method. Apple Pay and Other Payment Options According to Boston Retail Partners, Apple Pay has the largest percentage of supporting...
According to a report from SimilarTech, a Web analytics firm, Apple Pay on the Web has become quite popular. SimilarTech’s platform tracks more than 30 million web pages per month and shows that Apple Pay has turned into the 5th most popular payment platform used by eCommerce websites ranked in the top 10.000. It is the 5th most widely-used payment...
Hackers have found a new target and victim: Apple Pay. The ever-popular new payment app is now the victim of a hacking, but it wasn’t a full-blown hacking as we have seen with various retailers. This hacking was a soft hacking, which some industry experts see as a possible test run for something bigger down the road. Due to this...
Studies have shown that those who pay with Apple Pay are more likely to return to the same store again in the future. Perhaps it is because they genuinely like the store, but it is even more plausible that it is because they are able to use Apply Pay. While it gets a lot of press, like Bitcoin, many merchants...
It’s been a few months since Apple announced its release of Apple Pay, a mobile wallet available on the iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus. But mobile wallets have been around for a few years, and Americans have been very slow to adopt them. So why are so many mobile payment processing officials excited about the future of Apple Pay...
Apple Pay has gotten a lot of press lately. The new payment platform by Apple, allows for consumers to pay for products just by holding their phone up to a merchant terminal and clicking ok. Equipped with an intuitive interface and the ability to be used with multiple devices (Apple Pay is available on iPhone 6, iPhone 6s, and iWatch)...
U.S. banks are preparing for Apple Pay. After experimenting with mobile banking for years, many banks feel secure enough in the technology to let their customers use Apple’s new way to pay for merchandise. The new mobile platform allows for consumers to perform transactions with the new iPhone 6, iPhone 6s, and iWatch. This has sparked a fierce debate on...
A big incentive for merchants switching to Apple Pay is that they are not charged a fee for their usage. However, what you may not know is that your customers are charged a fee. Apple claims it is for security purposes; however, this fee is not well advertised. This is a big deal, especially for those in the financial consulting...
