If you’re the owner of the iPhone 6 or 6 Plus, you might have heard that with iOS 8.1 that Apple has enabled the use of Apple Pay, the Cupertino company’s newly launched mobile payment service. Now there are many places in the US where Apple Pay can be used, but if you’re the type that shops at Staples every now and then, you might be pleased to learn that the retailer has begun accepting Apple Pay.
The retailer had recently made an announcement stating that all of its 1,400 US retail outlets will begin to accept Apple Pay, which of course will require users to own the iPhone 6 or 6 Plus. The payments can be made through the store’s iOS app which basically also allows users of the iPad Air 2 and iPad mini 3 to make secure payments.
So far it seems that Apple Pay appears to be quite a success, despite the fact that there are some big name retailers such as Walmart and Best Buy who will not be using the service as they are part of the MCX group which plans on launching their own mobile payment service, CurrentC, in 2015.
Apple has also recently set their sights in overseas markets such as China which they consider to be a key market. It was recently revealed that Apple and Alibaba were in talks about how Apple could potentially use Alibaba’s back-end services to power Apple Pay in the country.
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