Smartphones from Apple will receive the functions of mobile payment terminals - media

The American company Apple acquired the startup Mobeewave, which develops technology that allows you to use smartphones as mobile payment terminals. It is reported by Bloomberg, citing sources in the industry. Based in Montreal, Mobeewave has developed technology that allows you to use a smartphone to accept payments using a bank card or other smartphone. The operation of the system is provided using special software and does not require any hardware additions other than the Near Field Communications (NFC) chip. According to Bloomberg, Mobeewave has become part of the American giant Apple. It is noted that the value of the transaction amounted to about $100 million. It is assumed that Apple will use Mobeewave developments to implement this feature in its iPhone smartphones, which have been equipped with NFC chips since 2014. As previously reported by the news agency, in May 2020, Apple acquired the Canadian startup Inductiv, engaged in development in the field of artificial intelligence to improve its voice assistant Siri.