Apple Cash cards now have virtual card numbers, enabling users to securely spend their Apple Cash at merchants that don’t accept Apple Pay. This change was included among updates to Apple Cash terms and conditions released Tuesday (April 9). To view their virtual card number, users go to the Apple Cash card in the Wallet app, tap “…”, …
Welcome back to Gizmodo’s March Madness bracket challenge to name the greatest app of all time! Following yesterday’s contest, WhatsApp has been eliminated and Google Maps heads to the Final Four. Now, we have to decide between the world’s biggest video app and the premiere method of making easy payments. If you’re just tuning in, …
Paytm will be able to participate in India’s instant mobile payments system, Unified Payments Interface (UPI). “Now, officially your Paytm UPI will work,” the company said in a Thursday (March 14) post on X, formerly Twitter. “We have received approval from @NPCI_NPCI to participate in UPI as a Third-Party Application Provider (TPAP) under multi-bank model.” Now, officially …
PayPal has expanded its Tap to Pay on iPhone offering in the U.S. The company said in a Thursday (March 7) press release that the service is now available for all U.S. Venmo business profile and PayPal Zettle users, letting them accept contactless card and digital wallet payments on their iPhones with no additional cost or hardware. “Consumers are increasingly going cashless,” …
Welcome back to Gizmodo’s March Madness bracket challenge to name the greatest app of all time! YouTube handily defeated Words With Friends in yesterday’s lineup, taking more than 87 percent of the vote. Now it’s time for two very different money apps to duke it out. If you’re just tuning in, you can read all …
Mastercard and MTN Group Fintech have partnered to help consumers and small businesses across Africa transact through mobile payments. With this partnership, Mastercard’s technology will support MTN’s FinTech platform, which has 290 million subscribers and 60 million active monthly MTN Mobile Money (MTN MoMo) wallets, the companies said in a Wednesday (Feb. 28) press release. …
China has pledged to make it easier for foreigners to use payment apps and to reduce barriers for the private sector as part of its latest efforts to restore investor confidence. On Friday state news agency Xinhua reported that the State Council, China’s cabinet, had approved unspecified measures to make it easier for foreigners and …