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Title: Report: Apple Pay's Venmo-like feature could be integrated into iMessage Post by: HCK on November 15, 2015, 03:00:18 pm Report: Apple Pay's Venmo-like feature could be integrated into iMessage
<article> <section class="page"> <p> Apple is reportedly gearing up to launch a Venmo competitor (http://www.macworld.com/article/3004616/software-lifestyle/apple-said-to-be-planning-person-to-person-payments-service.html), but iPhone users might not need to install a new app to use it.</p><p> According to Quartz (http://qz.com/547502/apple-is-making-a-grab-for-venmos-turf-and-might-use-imessage-to-do-it/), the Apple Pay extension into peer-to-peer (P2P) money transfers could be integrated into the Messages app for iOS. Because it’s a native app for iPhone users, Messages is already extremely popular, especially with younger people which tend to make up most of the Venmo crowd. TechCrunch (http://techcrunch.com/2015/06/08/messaging-app-jott-is-blowing-up-among-junior-high-and-high-schoolers/#.h8geqx:tKDk) recently reported that 60 percent of teens use Messages as their preferred messaging app.</p><p class="jumpTag"><a href="/article/3005233/iphone-ipad/report-apple-pays-venmo-like-feature-could-be-integrated-into-imessage.html#jump">To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here[/url]</p></section></article> Source: Report: Apple Pay's Venmo-like feature could be integrated into iMessage (http://www.macworld.com/article/3005233/iphone-ipad/report-apple-pays-venmo-like-feature-could-be-integrated-into-imessage.html#tk.rss_all) |