Little by little, Apple Pay technology is expanding through a large number of businesses spread across the United States. Currently there are almost two million establishments that support iPhone and Apple Watch users to make payments quickly without having to show any type of identification or the credit card with which we want to pay. But even so, there are still many businesses that cannot have this technology because their bank either is not compatible with Apple Pay as they have not reached an agreement or they do not have enough terminals to offer to all the merchants it has. as customers.
Fortunately, the Square company has designed a device that allows its use as an NFC receiver so that businesses that do not have access to NFC readers, for whatever reason, can purchase it and offer this form of payment to users. This device, which was initially offered completely free of charge, is currently It is priced at $ 49 at Apple Stores in the United States. To this day we do not know if this device will leave the country so that it can be used in the rest of the world.
A few days ago we informed you of the interest of several American banks in offering the possibility to users of withdraw money from your ATMs directly with our iPhone Thanks to the NFC chip that it integrates, in this way we would avoid having to use our usual credit card and having to cover the hand with which we enter our card code. A much more comfortable, agile and fast way to withdraw money from our ATM. But as often happens, these types of ATMs will take a long time to leave the United States.