{"id":47628,"date":"2025-05-06T16:50:58","date_gmt":"2025-05-06T20:50:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mjtsai.com\/blog\/?p=47628"},"modified":"2025-05-15T10:27:16","modified_gmt":"2025-05-15T14:27:16","slug":"paypal-contactless-iphone-payments","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mjtsai.com\/blog\/2025\/05\/06\/paypal-contactless-iphone-payments\/","title":{"rendered":"PayPal Contactless iPhone Payments"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.macrumors.com\/2025\/05\/05\/paypal-iphone-contactless-payments\/\">Juli Clover<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote cite=\"https:\/\/www.macrumors.com\/2025\/05\/05\/paypal-iphone-contactless-payments\/\"><p>PayPal <a href=\"https:\/\/newsroom.deatch.paypal-corp.com\/2025-05-05-PayPal-kundigt-Revolution-beim-Bezahlen-im-Geschaft-in-Deutschland-an\">today announced<\/a> that it is planning to debut contactless payments in Germany, allowing German iPhone users to make tap-to-pay purchases in stores using their PayPal accounts.<\/p><p>PayPal is able to offer this feature because Europe&rsquo;s Digital Markets Act has forced Apple to open up the NFC chip in its devices to third-party apps. NFC payments are available in apps without the need for Apple Pay or the Wallet app, allowing third-party payment services and banks to offer their own tap-to-pay solutions on Apple devices.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n<p>Previously:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/mjtsai.com\/blog\/2024\/08\/15\/iphone-nfc-access-outside-eu\/\">iPhone NFC Access Outside EU<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/mjtsai.com\/blog\/2024\/07\/25\/apple-commits-to-opening-nfc-in-eu\/\">Apple Commits to Opening NFC in EU<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/mjtsai.com\/blog\/2024\/03\/25\/digital-wallets-and-the-only-apple-pay-does-this-mythology\/\">Digital Wallets and the &ldquo;Only Apple Pay Does This&rdquo; Mythology<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/mjtsai.com\/blog\/2024\/01\/26\/dma-compliance-default-app-controls\/\">DMA Compliance: Default App Controls and NFC<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/mjtsai.com\/blog\/2022\/05\/23\/proposed-eu-dma-usb-c-messaging-nfc\/\">Proposed EU DMA: USB-C, Messaging, NFC<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/mjtsai.com\/blog\/2022\/05\/05\/eu-objects-to-apple-limiting-third-party-access-to-nfc\/\">EU Objects to Apple Limiting Third-Party Access to NFC<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n<p id=\"paypal-contactless-iphone-payments-update-2025-05-15\">Update (<a href=\"#paypal-contactless-iphone-payments-update-2025-05-15\">2025-05-15<\/a>): <a href=\"https:\/\/www.macrumors.com\/2025\/05\/13\/paypal-contactless-payments-germany\/\">Juli Clover<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote cite=\"https:\/\/www.macrumors.com\/2025\/05\/13\/paypal-contactless-payments-germany\/\">\n<p>German iPhone users now appear to be able to use the feature. According to German site <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.iphone-ticker.de\/kontaktlos-zahlen-mit-paypal-nfc-funktion-erreicht-erste-nutzer-in-deutschland-256414\/\">iPhone Ticker<\/a><\/em>, some PayPal customers in Germany have access to PayPal as an alternative to Apple Pay.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/mastodon.social\/@macguru17@objc.social\/114507890965336208\">Max Seelemann<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote cite=\"https:\/\/mastodon.social\/@macguru17@objc.social\/114507890965336208\">\n<p>Tried this today. It works. The UI is still inferior. (E.g. you always get the NFC modal overlay)<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Juli Clover: PayPal today announced that it is planning to debut contactless payments in Germany, allowing German iPhone users to make tap-to-pay purchases in stores using their PayPal accounts.PayPal is able to offer this feature because Europe&rsquo;s Digital Markets Act has forced Apple to open up the NFC chip in its devices to third-party apps. 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