Why do Apps like Revolut or N26 use Apple/ Google Pay to enable NFC payment?

Posted by minasmarios on Sunday October 10, 2021 @02:59PM
from the self-post dept.

Why don't they do it just on themselves?

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Re:Why do Apps like Revolut or N26 use Apple/ Google Pay to ... by detaro on Sunday October 10, 2021 @03:03PM (#28821025)

for Apple: because you can't on iOS, the NFC API doesn't allow it.

I would assume more generally, the stock integration might be nicer and as long as the terms from Apple/Google are nice enough, why wouldn't they?

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Re:Why do Apps like Revolut or N26 use Apple/ Google Pay to ... by minasmarios on Sunday October 10, 2021 @03:58PM (#28821472)

Google has done a terrible execution in my country. You could use google pay but the app to choose or add a card wasnt available.

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