Apple begins selling Square's new NFC reader in its stores for use with Apple Pay

NFC Square

It is clear that Apple Pay will increasingly reach more establishments and proof of this is that Apple already has devices with NFC technology for sale from the Square house that will allow payments to be made contactless and with Apple Pay. 

The device is able to seamlessly link with the iPhone 6, 6 Plus and 6s, 6s Plus making the device installation process very intuitive. This is one more strategy of Apple itself so that its mobile payment system continues to expand. 

Everything we are telling you is given because there are many businesses in the US that complained that the implementation of payments with Apple Pay depended on their banks providing them with dataphones prepared for it. As it seems that things are going somewhat slower than it is supposed to be, the Square company has reached an agreement with Apple itself to market these small devices in the Apple Store itself.

Starting today, all Apple stores in the US are putting on sale new card readers that support Apple Pay as well as the ability to accept chip and pin cards for payments, the famous contactless.

In its beginnings, the reader in its first version was completely free, but this time its price becomes $ 49. The kit that Square has assembled, In addition to having the NFC module for payments without physical contact of the cards and the iPhone it also has the old module with the magnetic card slot.

Finally, remember that this new NFC reader was presented at WWDC last year and that in just over a couple of months it will reach more than 100 distribution companies although the fact that it is Apple itself that sells it will be a point very in its favor. 


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