3. Apple
Jag fortsätter att citera Computer Weekly om utmanarna till bankerna.
The ease of making secure payments via your iPhone has put Apple on the financial services map.
The Apple Pay mobile wallet, now available in the US, allows iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus users to pay for goods and services using a combination of the mobile wallet and fingerprint authentication.
Speaking in January, Apple CEO Tim Cook said Apple Pay accounted for $2 of every $3 spent using contactless payments across Visa, Mastercard and American Express in the US – where it was launched in October 2014.
This early success has been noted by competitors. Samsung has acquired mobile payments startup LoopPay in what is being billed as a challenge to Apple’s fledgling mobile payments business. Samsung mobile boss JK Shin said: ”Our goal has always been to build the smartest, most secure, user-friendly mobile wallet experience, and we are delighted to welcome LoopPay to take us closer to this goal.”
Två som jagar varandra Apple och Samsung. Ett enormt hot för bankernas gamla dosor.
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