Discover Announces Support for Apple Pay in the U.S.
Discover has today announced that it will allow its cardmembers in the U.S. to make contactless payments in participating stores through Apple Pay using iPhone 6, iPhone 6 Plus and Apple Watch devices (via BusinessWire). By fall, users will also be able to use Apple Pay using with iPad Air 2 and iPad mini 3 tablets, the...
Apple Was Planning to Acquire Discover Financial Services [Report]
According to a new report by Bank Innovation, Apple held internal discussions to acquire or partner with Discover Financial Services. Anonymous sources inside the payments industry have also revealed that Google and Facebook also considered working with Discover in recent months. The source claims that the Discover acquisition idea at Apple took place about a year ago, but did...
Discover in Talks to Join Visa, MasterCard, and American Express on Apple Pay
On Tuesday, Apple announced its new mobile payment system called Apple Pay which allows users to use NFC and Touch ID found on the new iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus to make payments. At launch, Apple Pay will offer support for three of the largest banks in the United States. Visa, American Express, and MasterCard...