Tim Cook said in January that “2015 will be the year of Apple Pay,” and we’re steadily seeing more support for the mobile payment service from banks, merchants, and apps.
Released just this morning, Kickstarter version 2.3 for iPhone and iPad adds Apple Pay as a payment option for quickly making a pledge to a crowdfunding project. That means if you’re aren’t up for spending the $349-$17,000 on an Apple Watch next month, you can still back the Pebble Time or Pebble Time Steel … now with Apple Pay. Kickstarter supports Apple Pay on the iPhone 6 and 6 Plus as well as the iPad mini 3 and iPad Air 2.
Apple Pay is also coming to hotel check-in counters this summer…Marriott announced today that its hotels will begin adding Apple Pay as an accepted payment option for its guests when checking-in. Marriott says it will start Apple Pay’s “phased introduction this summer in the U.S.” to many of its various hotels including The Ritz-Carlton, Renaissance Hotels, as well as Marriott-branded hotels.
The rollout will be limited to start with locations in New York, Chicago, San Francisco, Los Angeles, and other major cities supported. In total, Marriott will accept Apple Pay at check-in at 11 hotels. Apple Pay for payment with merchants is supported on the iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus, and the Apple Watch when it ships next month.
The online store Etsy announced that it plans to add Apple Pay as a checkout option to its mobile app for iPhone and iPad. This will make buying items on the Etsy store a much faster experience, and Etsy says sellers that accept Direct Checkout will automatically be able to accept Apple Pay.
Finally, GameStop is adding to the momentum with “a nationwide rollout of Apple Pay” this month at its 4,200+ game stores across the United States, the company today revealed. GameStop says its Spring Mobile stores will begin supporting Apple Pay later this year.
For more on Apple Pay, check out our list of the latest banks and credit unions that support Apple Pay and our running list of merchants and apps that accept Apple Pay.
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the customer services samsung in egypt is very bad
i have samsung galaxy note 4
and i Discovered some problem
1. the device is very hot in short time
2. Showed Message (insert sim card) but the sim card working in another device
i send the phone to samsung egypt to making a Test (in 3/3/2015)
i should get my phone in (9/3/2015)
Told me
your phone have a Big problem in screen
when i ask about problem
told me (some problem in color in screen)
when Asked to seeing my phone
(OPS) my screen so dark ( not working )
(so professional engineering)
when send my phone with problem get me some problem (gifts)
I paid 5950 Egyptian Pound for some mistakes phone