Mobile Payments Take Center Stage with Apple Pay Announcement  

 

With last Tuesday's announcement of Apple's formal foray into mobile payments, retail technology professionals are interested on the impact the announcement will have on how they do business. What opportunities arise with the entrance of Apple Pay? Will Apple Pay finally address the security and privacy issue in a substantive way? Will we see NFC achieve widespread adoption? No matter where you fall in the retail technology landscape, an announcement of this type was bound to draw your interest. 

Apple introduced a service that allows users to pay for items in stores with their phones instead of physically presenting credit cards. Source: The Washington Post
  
  
Free Education on Apple Pay Tomorrow at 3PM!   

 

RSPA member Merchant Warehouse is presenting an educational webinar on Apple Pay and what it means for the mobile payment space tomorrow at 3PM EST. The session, entitled "Apple Pay - Everything you need to know," will feature Merchant Warehouse's resident experts on Apple Pay, and will feature a live Q&A. RSPA members have been extended an exclusive invitation to this timely and informative session, that is sure to assist POS providers with information they need to address customer concerns and questions about this newest development in mobile payment technology.   

 
RSPA is working to make resources available to members as this story evolves.

Stay tuned for a future edition of Juice-news, in which we will delve more deeply into how the Apple Pay "disruption" can, in fact, create opportunities for you!