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Apple today announced plans to introduce a new “Tap to Pay on iPhone” feature that will allow compatible iPhones to accept Apple Pay, contactless credit and debit cards, and other digital wallets, with no additional hardware required.
When the feature launches “later this year,” merchants in the U.S. will be able to accept contactless payments through supported iOS apps on an iPhone XS or newer. At checkout, the merchant will simply prompt the customer to hold their own iPhone or Apple Watch, contactless credit or debit card, or other digital wallet near the merchant’s iPhone, and the payment will be securely completed using NFC technology.
Currently, merchants that accept contactless payments on an iPhone must rely on additional hardware like the Square Reader, which can connect to an iPhone’s Lightning connector or the headphone jack on older models.
Stripe will be the first payment platform to offer “Tap to Pay on iPhone” to their business customers, including Shopify, and additional payment platforms and apps will follow later this year, according to Apple. Apple Stores in the U.S. will also roll out the feature later this year. It appears that the feature will be exclusive to the U.S. at launch, as no other countries or regions are mentioned in the announcement.
Bloomberg‘s Mark Gurman exclusively revealed that Apple was planning this feature last month.
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