Apple launched its Apple Pay payment service in Germany on Tuesday. It should now be possible to pay in cash and contactless at the checkout. To get started, simply create
Apple launched its Apple Pay payment service in Germany on Tuesday. It should now be possible to pay in cash and contactless at the checkout. To begin with, only credit and debit cards will be integrated into Apple Pay.
Apple launched its Apple Pay payment service in Germany on Tuesday, with customers of the American group able to pay with contactless payments at checkout. Owners of iPhones, Apple watches, iPads and Macs will be able to pay “at leading retailers throughout Germany” in a “simple, fast and secure way”, Apple said on Tuesday in Munich. Apple Pay makes everyday life so “quick and convenient”.
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Apple Pay payment service in Germany, German banks have launched:
With the payment service, customers can pay via short field radio NFC (Near Field Communication), cash – and contactless. Apple, according to hundreds of thousands of locations, “Accepts Apple Pay.” Among the participating banks, for example Deutsche Bank, HVB and Comdirect in addition, retailers such as C&A, Tank & Rast or Allianz Arena, as well as apps and websites such as Foodora and mytaxi.
According to the group, Apple Pay has security and privacy at its heart. If a credit or debit card needs to be added, the actual card numbers are neither on the device nor on Apple’s servers. In July, savings banks launched their own smartphone payment application. Also, Google offers its payment service, Google Pay in Germany.
Germany is a very special market. The motto here is “Cash is King” was particularly long. Statistically, it is no longer Romabet. According to a Deutsche Bundesbank study, the cash ratio in 2017, the reduction of cash transactions below the 50 percent threshold for the first time: Only 47.6 percent of payments were settled in cash. In the case of card payments, Girocard comes at the same time, mainly for use, not credit cards. Integrating Girocard into a smartphone payment service requires more effort.
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the new Apple Pay payment service
works While the common payment service Apple Pay has long been accepted in other countries, such as France or Denmark, German banks have so far been reluctant to introduce the new payment method. The basic confusion is about the exact percentage, who would earn so much from their participation in Pay for goods, according to the süddeutsche Zeitung. As of this Tuesday, that will change now, in this country, the NFC interface on the Apple device has now been released.
+ hundreds of thousands of websites will accept Apple Pay in the future©Reuters / How Hwee Young
But only one Apple device will not be enough for cashless payment. Instead, the bank must accept payment via Apple Pay. With the phone, with the downloaded application, the user can store his credit or debit card in digital form. Girocard is not accepted in this country. Users can access the account at any of the participating banks, Apple Pay they still don’t want to miss, they can set up a digital debit card on the bank-independent “Boon” service.
But in addition to the compatible Apple device and the Bank, you must, of course, also accept the billing of the new payment service. In this country, this should be possible from today on over one hundred thousand locations. To pay, you just need to bring the device to the payment terminal and the operation will be confirmed by fingerprint or face matching. Thus, theft or misuse of data can be prevented.
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jl with AFP
Date Updated: December 11, 2018, 2:00 p.m
Categories: Optical Illusion
Source: newstars.edu.vn