“Apple Pay launched in the United States last month with support at over 220,000 stores operated by participating merchants, including Apple Stores, American Eagle, Aeropostale, Bloomingdale’s, Champs Sports, Chevron, McDonald’s, Nike, Office Depot, Radio Shack and Walgreens,” Joe Rossignol reports for 9to5Mac.
“Additional retailers and apps have since added Apple Pay support including Staples, and now the mobile payments service can be used for parking, rent and at even more retailers as of this month,” Rossignol reports. “Chicago-based startup SpotHero updated its app earlier this week with support for Apple Pay mobile payments. SpotHero is an innovative solution to find parking, compare rates and book a spot for up to 50% off the drive-up rate.”
Rossignol reports, “It is now also possible to actually pay your rent with Apple Pay using another innovative app called RadPad, regardless of how old-school your landlord is.”
Read more in the full article here.
[Thanks to MacDailyNews Reader “Lynn Weiler” for the heads up.]