Immer wieder interessant, welche Macht (und/oder Verhandlungsgeschick) Apple zu besitzen scheint. Zum mutmasslichen mobilen Bezahlservice:
ZitatNot only will Apple get the “card present” rates, but according to BankInnovation, the company will get an additional 15 to 25 basis point discount on these already low rates, something that is incredibly rare within the industry. This means that while even the largest merchants in the world pay 1.5 percent to process payments when their cashiers can physically verify the card, payments processed through Apple’s new platform could cost just 1.25 to 1.35 percent. By comparison, PayPal, Braintree, and Stripe charge on the order of 2.7 percent for their card not present transactions.
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According to BankInnovation, the only other merchant to ever get a discount like this on “card present” fees is WalMart, the largest retailer in the world, meaning this is likely a deal that PayPal and others will struggle to match.
http://pando.com/2014/09/05/ap…ayments-processing-rates/
Sofern sie den Preisvorteil an die Haendler weitergeben, wird sich das Zahlungsmittel ziemlich schnell im Handel etablieren.