The new Tap to Pay feature effectively turns iPhones into point-of-sale terminals without additional hardware. Apple said that Stripe would be the first payment operator to offer the service, and that it would be integrated into Shopify’s point-of-sale product.
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Apple announces a way to buy stuff by tapping iPhones together
Apple said the feature would be accessed through third-party apps, which will be released later this year. Other payment companies and app developers will be able to develop apps that access the Tap to Pay feature in a forthcoming version of iOS, the iPhone operating system.
