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Apple Pay To Support Loyalty Cards

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Jun 8, 2015, 12:57 PM   by Rich Brome   @rbrome.bsky.social

Apple today announced that Apple Pay in iOS 9 will support store loyalty/rewards cards, starting with Walgreens and Dunkin Donuts. Apple is also adding support for store-brand credit cards. Apple is also renaming the Passbook app to "Wallet". Apple also announced that Square has new payment terminals that support Apple Pay. In the US, over 1 million locations will support Apple Pay by next month. Apple also announced the expansion of Apple Pay to the UK next month, including 250,000 retail locations and the London transit system.

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