Circle Brings Blockchain Payments to iMessage With iOS 10 Update
Blockchain payments firm Circle has integrated with Apple's iMessage, a move that allows users to send payments in dollars, euro, pound sterling and bitcoin through the popular texting platform. Circle executives said the launch marks the end of preparations that began in June, when Apple announced it would open up iMessage to third-party developers. "We decided to jump on it," Circle CEO Jeremy Allaire said in an interview. "We had been planning to build out a model for app-less payments using Circle that would work in all the places people communicate and interact."....
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Anyone with iOS 10 will soon be able to use blockchain payments app Circle to send and receive payments directly within Apple’s iMessage app. Circle for iMessage represents a major step in the evolution of social message payments in the West, similar to what has already happened in China. Circle for iMessage is available from the App Store. Users updating to iOS 10 will automatically have Circle for iMessage. Send And Receive Within iMessage. Users will be able to send dollars, pound sterling, euro and bitcoin to anyone directly inside of iMessage. They will fund payments and cash out....
Bitcoin supporters may be pleased to hear that Circle will soon be implemented in iMessage as part of iOS 10 release, set to launch this month alongside the iPhone 7. Millions of iMessage Users Will Now Be Able to Use Circle’s Bitcoin Payment System. The iOS 10 update will contain a newly designed iMessage service that will enable developers to bring....
Just days after Apple issued a directive to Jaxx CEO Anthony Di Iorio to remove Dash from its iOS app, the creators of the universal Blockchain wallet announced the integration of Ethereum Classic (ETC) into its suite of software wallets on seven different platforms. The announcement comes as Apple made its September keynote where the iPhone 7 was unveiled. In the new version of the phone, one of the third-party apps for its iMessage feature will include Circle, the peer-to-peer payments technology company utilizing Bitcoin and traditional fiat currencies. Circle integration. Circle uses....
Facebook announced that its Messenger users will be able to pay chat bots directly from the app, without having to launch third-party websites. US-based Messenger users can already send payments to each other within the app. Until now, however, it wasn’t available for making purchases from online stores. Facebook’s head of Messenger David Marcus....
Touchless mobile payments are now available to select Circle users. The bitcoin wallet and payment service has integrated near-field communication (NFC), enabling users to transact with its Android App wherever bitcoin and NFC are accepted. Circle is a digital money platform that delivers streamlined, user-friendly functionality similar to that of traditional online payment tools like PayPal or Apple Pay, both key players in the fast-growing mobile payments movement. A growing number of developers in the digital currency space are looking to NFC to simplify and speed up secure payments.....