Apple Pay is a payment platform that allows you to make payments.
Apple Pay is Apple’s contactless payment technology. With it, users can simply place their iPhone up to a contactless card terminal and press their finger to their iPhone’s Touch ID to authenticate for their purchase. With newer iPhones with Face ID, users will simply scan their face to authenticate a purchase. As Apple Pay turns six this year, we take a look at everything you need to know to get started with Apple’s mobile payment solution.
Tap to Pay on iPhone also adds the ability for payment processors to work with NFC taps, no external device required when using Apple Pay.
+ Contactless payment available at most major retailers
+ Second-factor authentication increases security
+ Information is stored in Secure Enclave fully encrypted
+ Card information is never shared with merchant
+ Card numbers are tokenized with every purchase
+ Can be disabled via Apple's "Find My" feature in event that device is lost