Payments

The U.S. Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals earlier today granted Apple's motion to delay court-mandated changes to its App Store payment policies — reports Bloomberg. The changes were originally ordered by U.S. District Judge Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers' ruling in the Apple vs. Epic Games trial, which the iPhone maker promptly appealed against. The changes were...

According to a new report from TechCrunch, Instagram quietly launched a new in-app payment feature for some users. The payments feature allows users to add a credit or debit card with the option of an additional pin for additional security. After the initial setup, users will be able to make purchases on Instagram. Some users...

According to a new report from MoneySense, charities in Canada are being forced to adjust as Canadians start turning away from cash, in favour of other card-based payment methods. This will fundamentally chance how charities like the Salvation Army collects donations each December before Christmas. Will the presence of the Salvation Army kettles and the sound...

Today, Tourism Toronto and OTT Financial Group announced a new strategic partnership that brings China's largest mobile payment service, WeChat Pay, to Toronto. WeChat is China's largest mobile messenger with a total of 840 million active users. This large user base can now use WeChat Pay to book their trips and buy products in Toronto....

According to a new report from TechCrunch, Facebook is giving select third party developers access to an SDK to let them build their own chat bots for Messenger. The bots would act as a virtual chat partner that can automatically respond to users’ queries, returning information, images, and possibly even processing payments. It might sound...

Today, PayPal and TransferTo announced that they are bringing Mobile Airtime Top-Up to Canada. TransferTo is a company that operates a platform that allows people to transfer prepaid mobile credits across the border. As a result of the partnership, Canadians can now use their PayPal accounts to top-up their prepaid mobile phones while in a...

Earlier this week, Greece enacted capital control restrictions to control the outflow of money, limiting international credit card payments to web services like Apple’s App Store and iTunes. The preventative measures began to affect Apple customers in Greece on Tuesday when iCloud Drive subscribers were met with service disruptions if their plan was up for...