Apple Pay copies PayPal
Apple (NASDAQ: AMZN) is attempting to increase Apple Pay’s popularity by taking a website from PayPal’s playbook. On Tuesday, September 13, 2016, Apple updated its systems so enable Apple Pay users can pay on websites.
Around 200,000 websites now support Apple Pay, Computerworld reported. To utilize the service consumers will have to discover the Apple Pay button on a website.
Mac desktop and laptop users must authenticate all purchases; with a pistol safe scan while on an iPhone, or perhaps a double touch on a Mac Watch. This means Mac users with the Android phone is going to be doomed.
Users may also have to do their shopping in Apple’s Safari browser. Computerworld reported that the next Mac Operating-system; Sierra, will permit customers to pay with Apple Pay without having a finger marks scan – after they login with an iCloud account. Since Sierra just isn’t yet available, it looks as if Mac users might have to buy an iPhone to travel internet shopping.
Or they could exclusively use PayPal; which does not need a fingerprint, or their credit card. One has to wonder why anybody would work with Apple’s payment solution.
Another major drawback is that many major websites; including the biggest name in US online retail Amazon (NASDAQ: AMZN), still don’t take Apple Pay. Also refusing to consider Apple Pay is the second largest online general merchandise retailer in america: Walmart.com. Since both Walmart and Amazon are pushing their particular payment solutions it can be unlikely that either of which are certain to get for the Apple Pay bandwagon in the near future.
Venmo Meet Siri
It seems to be if Apple Pay isn’t a serious threat to PayPal Holdings (NASDAQ: PYPL). Instead PayPal is actually expanding to Apple; its’ Venmo money-transfer app has become integrated with iOS 10.
That means Venmo users can send money using Siri and iMessage, Venmo’s blog claimed. A Venmo user may even say hey Siri send Joe $30 and this will happen.
It appears to be if PayPal instead of Apple could be the desolate man web social media marketing payment. Apple Pay seems doomed to be a distinct segment product. One must wonder if this means that PayPal might soon support Apple Pay.
Apple Pay Visiting Japan, Russia and New Zealand
It looks as if there can be a greater industry for Apple Pay outside of the US than in its home country. A theory Tim Cook seems to agree with; Fortune reported that Apple has plans to roll Apple Pay out in Japan, Russia and New Zealand this fall.