Apple (AAPL) is expanding its mobile payments service to two international markets, though only with American Express (AXP) credit cards to begin with, and has added more banks and merchants to its growing list of U.S. partners. Starting Tuesday, Apple Pay is available in Canada, and it arrives in Australia on Thursday. “Our customers love their experience with Apple Pay and we want to bring it to as many of our users worldwide as possible,”
Visa (V) is now the second credit card processor to invest in mobile online payment provider Stripe, valuing it at $5 billion. The startup has struck deals with a number of heavy-hitting partners — including Apple (AAPL) Pay, Alibaba (BABA), Facebook (FB) and Twitter (TWTR) — as mobile payment systems take off with consumers. Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, along with previous investors American Express (AXP) and Seqouia Capital, also
American Express (AXP) and Jawbone are reportedly teaming up to give AmEx cardholders a new way to pay for purchases — with their Jawbone fitness bands. The two companies are planning to make an official announcement this week, according to the Wall Street Journal, which said that the latest Jawbone, UP3, will not be equipped with the AmEx mobile payment function. Fitness band wearers who want the feature will have to wait for a future edition of