Apple Pay copies PayPal

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Apple Pay copies PayPal

Apple (NASDAQ: AMZN) is attempting to raise Apple Pay’s popularity by subtracting a page from PayPal’s playbook. On Tuesday, September 13, 2016, Apple updated its systems so enable Apple Pay users can pay online on a website.


Around 200,000 websites now support Apple Pay, Computerworld reported. To work with the service consumers must get the Apple Pay button on-line.

Mac desktop and laptop users will need to authenticate all purchases; using a finger print scan with an iPhone, or a double touch on a Mac Watch. Which means Mac users having an Android phone will likely be at a complete loss.

Users may also have to perform their shopping in Apple’s Safari browser. Computerworld reported that this next Mac Os; Sierra, allows people to pay with Apple Pay without a finger print scan – after they login using an iCloud account. Since Sierra is just not yet available, it appears as though Mac users might have to buy an iPhone to visit shopping on the web.

Or they could don’t use anything but PayPal; which doesn’t require a fingerprint, or their charge card. One must wonder why anybody would work with Apple’s payment solution.

Another major drawback is always that many major websites; such as the biggest name in US online retail Amazon (NASDAQ: AMZN), still don’t take Apple Pay. Also refusing to consider Apple Pay will be the second largest online general merchandise retailer in the us: Walmart.com. Since both Walmart and Amazon are pushing their particular payment solutions it is unlikely that either of them is certain to get on the Apple Pay bandwagon soon.

Venmo Meet Siri

It appears to be if Apple Pay isn’t a serious threat to PayPal Holdings (NASDAQ: PYPL). Instead PayPal is in fact expanding to Apple; its’ Venmo money-transfer app is integrated with iOS 10.

That means Venmo users can send money using Siri and iMessage, Venmo’s blog claimed. A Venmo user can also say hey Siri send Joe $30 and it will happen.

It looks as if PayPal instead of Apple would be the way ahead for web social websites payment. Apple Pay seems doomed to stay a niche market product. One has to ponder whether because of this PayPal might soon support Apple Pay.

Apple Pay Going to Japan, Russia and New Zealand

It seems to be if there might be a more impressive market for Apple Pay away from US than in its home country. A theory Tim Cook appears to trust; Fortune reported that Apple has offers to roll Apple Shell out in Japan, Russia and Nz this fall.