Apple Pay's tap to pay feature is incredibly convenient, but when it isn't working, it's basically useless. Here are a few ...

using Apple Pay saves someone from tediously filling out forms with their name, credit card information, home address, and so forth. All that’s required is holding the device nearest the NFC ...

Tap-to-pay register terminals, or other iPhones for merchants, accept Apple Pay through an NFC transaction. Everything is handled over secure communications using randomized tokens. No one gets ...

By contrast, using Apple Pay on one’s iPhone (or Apple Watch) requires the device be placed nearest the NFC reader and, in Apple’s vaunted parlance, “it just works.” What’s more ...

One of those is that Apple has opened up its NFC technology to third parties, resulting in the first-ever alternative to Apple Pay on the iPhone. Vipps is a Norwegian-based firm and the first ...

However, the technology powering this interaction — the NFC (Near Field Communication) chip inside of the iPhone — has been locked down and made exclusive to Apple Pay, Apple’s own tap-and ...

Just like any Apple Pay transaction, Tap to Pay is securely processed using NFC technology, and there’s no requirement for extra hardware to facilitate contactless payments. In countries where ...

The European Union’s Digital Markets Act (DMA) antitrust legislation compelled Apple to grant developers ... to use the new API to let users pay with NFC directly from its iPhone app.