Apple Pay copies PayPal
Apple (NASDAQ: AMZN) is attempting to boost Apple Pay’s popularity by taking a website out of PayPal’s playbook. , September 13, 2016, Apple updated its operating systems so enable Apple Pay users will pay on websites.
Around 200,000 websites now support Apple Pay, Computerworld reported. To utilize the service consumers will need to get the Apple Pay button online.
Mac desktop and laptop users must authenticate all purchases; having a pistol safe scan on an iPhone, or a double discuss a Mac Watch. This means Mac users with an Android phone will likely be out of luck.
Users will also have to do their shopping in Apple’s Safari browser. Computerworld reported that the next Mac Operating System; Sierra, allows people to pay with Apple Pay without having a finger print scan – after they login using an iCloud account. Since Sierra is not yet available, it appears as if Mac users may need to buy an iPhone to go internet shopping.
Or they can exclusively use PayPal; which does not need a fingerprint, or their plastic card. You have to wonder why anybody would work with Apple’s payment solution.
Another major drawback is the fact that many major websites; including the biggest name in US online retail Amazon (NASDAQ: AMZN), still don’t take Apple Pay. Also refusing to adopt Apple Pay will be the second largest online general merchandise retailer in the us: Walmart.com. Since both Walmart and Amazon are pushing their very own payment solutions it really is unlikely that either ones can get for the Apple Pay bandwagon anytime soon.
Venmo Meet Siri
It seems to be if Apple Pay is not a serious threat to PayPal Holdings (NASDAQ: PYPL). Instead PayPal is in fact expanding to Apple; its’ Venmo money-transfer app is integrated with iOS 10.
That means Venmo users can send money using Siri and iMessage, Venmo’s blog claimed. A Venmo user can also say hey Siri send Joe $30 and will also happen.
It appears to be if PayPal and not Apple would be the way ahead for on the internet and social media payment. Apple Pay seems doomed to remain a market product. You have to ponder whether which means that PayPal might soon support Apple Pay.
Apple Pay Arriving at Japan, Russia and New Zealand
It looks as if there may be a larger marketplace for Apple Pay away from US when compared to its home country. A theory Tim Cook usually trust; Fortune reported that Apple has offers to roll Apple Spend in Japan, Russia and Nz this fall.