NEW YORK (AP) — Apple is expanding the iPhone’s capabilities to accept contactless payments.
It’s a move that will make it easier for merchants to conduct tap-to-pay transactions without having to buy additional hardware. It will also give Apple a competitive advantage in the growing world of contactless payments, in which the iPhone and Apple Pay continues to play a dominant role.
Apple says the iPhone will be able to act as a payment terminal itself, without any additional hardware.
The tap-to-pay feature will use the iPhone’s existing built-in NFC chip that was being used to transmit payments down to a payment terminal.
It will be available to developers via an iOS software this spring.
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