“Apple’s Apple Pay plans reach far beyond what we know today,” Jonny Evans writes for Computerworld. “Apple will expand in multiple directions as it attempts to boost adoption of its service. Apple claims it is adding one million Apple Pay users per week, while Juniper Research says 148 million global consumers will uses contactless services like Apple Pay this year.”
“Apple is pushing – hard – to introduce the service in more territories (particularly in Europe and Asia),” Evans writes. “Apple’s recent launch in China will be seen as especially significant and India is also a key market, Apple CEO, Tim Cook, recently disclosed. Beyond the (inevitable) soon introduction of Apple Pay for online payments (and the potential then for in-app payments, enabling, for example, secure online shopping via an Apple TV), there are many other key opportunities the company can explore.”
Evans writes, “This integration between messaging and payment services makes it an utter no-brainer to predict Apple Pay support for payments through Messages is on the way.”
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