Payments

A customer uses Tay-to-Pay on iPhone to purchase produce at the farmer’s market.

Apple launches Tap to Pay on iPhone in Singapore for contactless payments everywhere

No reader needed: Tap to Pay on iPhone goes live…

A promotional graphic for Venmo's "Let's level up your cash back" program, showing three tiers. The 1% tier is for spending on brand bundles like Target and Uber. The 2% tier is for turning on auto reloads. The 5% tier is for receiving $500 or more in monthly direct deposits.

Venmo launches its new “Stash” cash back rewards program

Venmo's new 5% cash back reward has a major catch.

OpenAI and PayPal logo

PayPal will let you make purchases inside ChatGPT with Instant Checkout

PayPal will become a core payment method in ChatGPT, letting…

Amex mobile app

Amex Platinum card now costs $895 per year with added credits and dark app theme

The Amex Platinum card now costs $895 a year and…

Apple Card on iPhone.

Apple Card holders can get 5% back on fuel and EV charging through mid September

The Apple Card summer promotion raises cash back to 5%…

A phone screen showing the Google Wallet logo is surrounded by various digital passes of different colors and functionalities

PayPal is being removed from Google Wallet

Google Wallet will cut off support for PayPal accounts in…

Apple Wallet on iPhone

Apple Wallet’s new feature helps you avoid subscription shock

Say goodbye to subscription surprises! Apple Wallet’s iOS 18.4 update…

Vipps MobilePay for iPhone users in Norway

Vipps launches first Apple Pay alternative, starting in Norway

The first crack in Apple Pay’s wall. Vipps becomes the…

A hand with green-painted nails is holding a smartphone displaying an Apple Pay screen. The screen shows a shopping cart with a yellow bucket hat, one size. The payment method selected is Klarna, with the card ending in 1234. The payment plan is 4 payments of $11.25 every 2 weeks, with $11.25 due today. The total amount due today is $11.25. There is a prompt to 'Double Click to Pay' and a button at the bottom that says 'Confirm with Side Button.'

Apple Pay adds more payment flexibility with Klarna and PayPal in iOS 18

Apple Pay in iOS 18 adds Klarna’s ‘Pay in 4’…

Buy with Prime PayPal option

Prime members can now use PayPal for Buy with Prime purchases

Amazon's Buy with Prime now supports PayPal, giving Prime members…

An mockup image showing adding money to Apple Cash. A smartphone is displayed against a pink background. The screen shows a financial transaction interface with the option to ‘Add Money’ selected. The amount of $50 is highlighted, and below it, the new balance after adding is shown as $258.53. A numeric keypad is visible at the bottom of the screen with numbers from 1 to 9 arranged in a grid, and 0 at the center bottom. There are two buttons flanking the zero; one appears to be for decimal input and the other could be a delete or backspace key. At the top left corner of the screen, there’s a ‘Cancel’ button, and on the top right corner, an ‘Add’ button.

Apple Cash now requires ID verification for sending $500 or more

Starting October 4th, Apple Cash users will need to verify…

A illustrated image of Patreon switch to iOS in-app purchase system. It showing two options The first one is recommended option which reads: "Maintain earnings and cover Apple's fees by increasing prices in iOS app." The second option reads: "Keep prices in the iOS app the same and cove Apple's fees yourself."

Apple’s App Store tax is hitting Patreon creators hard

Apple's 30% fee could lead to an exodus of creators…