For example, Samsung Galaxy users can create and use virtual numbers in Samsung Pay Cash, which works in essentially the same way as Apple's offering. Similarly, Google Wallet allows users who ...

In fact, as Matt Birchler, who works in the payments industry, explains, many U.S. banks and other companies do (or did) the same thing, using something called a DPAN: It’s notable that it’s called a ...

Happy tenth birthday Apple Pay, which went live for US consumers on 20th October 2014. That decade has seen big changes in the way we pay, for sure, although contactless payments would be huge ...

The service let qualifying customers split a purchase made using Apple Pay into four equal interest-free payments over six months. Affirm payments plans became available in the U.S. through Apple ...

Apple will pay $113m (£85m) to settle allegations that it slowed down older iPhones. Thirty-three US states claimed that Apple had done this to drive users into buying new devices. Millions of ...