Michal Marek Apple and PayPal have been in close contact recently, negotiating to make PayPal a preferred payment option for Apple Pay. However, the negotiations soon ended as PayPal struck a deal with Samsung, Apple's direct competitor. The reason for the collaboration between the two companies was the ability for Samsung Galaxy S5 users to pay using its fingerprint sensor.
The partnership caused bad blood in Cupertino, and Apple decided to cut PayPal entirely. Therefore, their payment platform Apple Pay will not cooperate with PayPal in any way and will be completely removed from the list of supported services.
The partnership with Samsung was apparently the brainchild of eBay boss John Donahoe, the owner of PayPal. The now former CEO of PayPal, David Marcus, was categorically against the deal between the two companies, as he was aware that such a move could destroy relations with Apple. However, in the end, it was Donahoe who had the deciding word.
So it's no wonder that Apple is turning its attention away from PayPal, although the payment service is clearly having a hard time coming to terms with the cut. Immediately after the introduction of Apple Pay, PayPal jumped into this new payment platform. An ad campaign was launched that mocked the recent leaks of celebrity photos from iCloud and poked fun at the troubled security of Apple's ecosystem. At the same time, of course, the ad suggested PayPal as a better and safer alternative to modern payment.
PayPal's reason for doing this is simple. Apple Pay could be a big and potentially devastating competition for this company in the near future. In addition to enabling quick payments in stores, Apple Pay also focuses on simple purchases within supported applications. To pay, Apple Pay uses a credit or debit card linked to an iTunes account. PayPal works very similarly in this regard. All you have to do is assign a payment card to your PayPal account and then it is possible to pay online without having to fill in the card details on the website.
Apple Pay should be launched in the US in the coming weeks and will probably do so with the iOS 8.1 update. It is not yet known when the service could reach Europe. However, they are not delaying in Cupertino and are carefully preparing for the European debut of the service. She was the last step so far personnel acquisition of a British NFC expert from VISA.
I really wonder what is going on with Apple? Zero self-reflection, others are to blame for their mistakes, or they are not even mistakes...!
—Money—
I agree that apple has strange approaches this year, but there is nothing surprising here.
I don't understand your comment Zero self-reflection. How come he didn't fix it and didn't admit anything? And he keeps saying something that isn't true? Otherwise, he wouldn't have released that Update, would he? As a developer (30 years), I understand well the pressure Apple is in. Those who do nothing and just copy do not spoil anything. I'm not bashing Apple, but a little recognition wouldn't hurt. He tries hard and that's how it should be. The rest is unimportant.
I am not surprised that Apple does not want to cooperate with PayPal, because they will be competitors. The customer will be able to choose whether he chooses PayPal and writes the password to PayPal or chooses Apple Pay and attaches his finger to touch id. I would prefer Apple Pay.
I play it as hard as Microsoft did at the turn of the millennium…
There are more reasons why Apple and Paypal did not agree on participation in Apple Pay, someone guesses that it was rather the big banks and Visa/Mastercard that gave Apple an ultimatum - either with them or with Paypal, see http://blog.starpointllp.com/blog/?p=3978