Investing in bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies isn’t for the weak of heart. The digital coins remain highly volatile and prone to large price swings without warning. Bitcoin saw a meteoric rise to nearly $65,000 per coin in April, but then fell more than 50%, dragging the entire market down with it. Some people made massive …
Those of you who haven’t yet sprung for an Apple Card might soon be able to get a taste of what it offers. It will be thanks to a new payments service called “Apple Pay Later” which the iPhone maker reportedly wants to launch. Apple and Goldman Sachs already teamed up to offer Apple Card, …
Cryptocurrency has been a hot topic in 2021, with several digital tokens surging to new all-time highs. Bitcoin started the year at around $27,000 and has been skyrocketing ever since. By mid-April, Bitcoin topped $64,000 for a single coin. It wasn’t just retail investors driving up demand for cryptocurrencies. Institutions were more involved than ever, …
The New York City metro system has announced that it now accepts contactless payment solutions like Apple Pay. This announcement means that every bus, subway station, and borough in the city now supports contactless payment solutions from companies like Apple, Google, and Samsung. Adding contactless payment solutions means that users can now tap their smartwatch …
The US has long lagged behind the rest of the world when it comes to acceptance and the pervasiveness of contactless payment services like Apple Pay. The coronavirus pandemic, however, is not only changing that trend but supercharging it in the opposite direction. As a result, I’m certainly going out of my way to avoid …
The Opera browser is now making it easy for users in the US to buy cryptocurrency like bitcoin with Apple Pay. If you use the Android version of the browser, you can simply use a debit card. To get a sense of how easy and convenient this new solution is, Opera promises that using Apple …
I don’t really know when this started, but every time I make a run to Target these days I instinctively reach for my phone and complete my purchase at the register via Apple Pay. No fumbling for a wallet, no need to exchange dollar bills and get loose change back, no need to hand over …
Apple is reportedly working closely with Goldman Sachs on a new financial product targeting iPhone buyers, a credit card that would be available directly on the iPhone through Goldman’s consumer bank Marcus. Unlike regular credit card support on the iPhone that allows users to add cards that can then be used for mobile payments via …
Apple’s vice president of internet services Jennifer Bailey talks in lofty terms whenever she describes the company’s ambitions for its Apple Pay payment system — a service the company sees as giving it a toehold into eventually replacing your physical wallet altogether. The company has been plugging away at trying to ramp up adoption of …
Apple Pay is apparently paying off big-time for the iPhone maker, according to a new report which shows there will be 450 million users of mobile wallets in just two years — and that Apple will account for about half of those, or 225 million. The forecast out from Juniper Research includes mobile payment offerings …
