BitPay Reveals Answer to Apple Pay: One Tap Mobile Bitcoin Payments
At the Money2020 conference in Las Vegas, BitPay announced their new point-of-sale app that allows users to pay with bitcoin with a single tap. The new Bitpay feature follows in the footsteps of Apple, who recently unveiled their Apple Pay payment system, putting pressure on bitcoin companies to simplify the process even more. Also Read: NYDFS's Ben Lawsky Reveals Plans for Transitional BitLicense at #Money2020. In a press release, BitPay Co-Founder and Executive Chairman, Tony Galippi, explained the necessity of the application: "For retailers, accepting mobile payments is a growing....
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Bitcoin payments service provider Bitpay has added support for Apple Pay. Holders of a Bitpay prepaid Mastercard in the U.S. can now add it to their Apple Pay app to make payments for goods and services. Bitpay says that Google Pay and Samsung Pay will also be added in the near future. Bitpay Cardholders Can Now Use Apple Pay Bitpay announced Friday its support for Apple Pay. U.S.-based Bitpay debit card users can now add their Bitpay card as a funding source inside their Apple Pay app. This will allow them to make online and in-store purchases with cryptocurrencies wherever Apple Pay is....
Intuit adds BitPay to PayByCoin. Intuit andBitPay announced the integration of Bitcoin payments into the Quickbooks PayByCoin service. The integration will allow the company to offer the option of paying by Bitcoin to their customers. The integration also allows for next day settlement in their bank accounts as well. The quick deposit to their bank accounts will help companies avoid the volatility in the Bitcoin price yet still able to accept it. This type of protection will make Bitcoin more attractive to companies eliminating the risk of a large swing in value. Another excellent feature....
Apple Pay has been touted as one of the most revolutionary mobile payment forms of the past 12 months. Despite a ton of marketing efforts, hype, and integration by thousands of merchants around the world, the platform has not been without flaws. In fact, most users are still not sure whether or not Apple Pay is a favorable option. Running out of phone battery makes the entire payment utterly useless. Apple Pay is proving to be quite an interest spin on mobile payments, as the service has many things going for it. There is a dire need for more competition in the mobile payments ecosystem,....
Bitpay prepaid Mastercard users can now connect with Apple Pay for purchases. The string of major payments companies allowing crypto features continues as BitPay announced today that BitPay card users can now connect to Apple Wallet and pay for goods and services using Apple Pay. "We have thousands of BitPay Wallet app customers using the BitPay Card who are always looking for new places and ways to spend their crypto,” said BitPay CEO Stephen Pair in a press release. “Adding Apple Pay and soon Google and Samsung Pay makes it easy and convenient to use the BitPay Card in more places from....
Happy Sunday, and welcome back to another Bitcoin News in Review, where we feature some of the top stories of the week here on CryptoCoins News. This week, Apple launched its own mobile payments system, 5 million Gmail login credentials were leaked, PayPal announced Bitcoin integration through Braintree, and more. Check out our video and keep scrolling for this week's Bitcoin News in Review. Apple Pay. Along with the iPhone 6 and Apple Watch, Apple launched its own mobile payments solution called Apple Pay last Tuesday. Apple Pay relies on NFC, Touch ID, and other technologies to enable....