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by drivingmenuts 2953 days ago
Should Apple Pay be on that list? AFAIK, it's not possible to pay someone directly Apple Pay to Apple Pay. It's more like the standard stand-in for a credit card.

Don't get me wrong, I'd love for Apple Pay to be that convenient, but it's not there yet.

Ed: changed easy-to-use to convenient
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MBCook 2953 days ago
It is now with Apple Pay Cash, as the sibling comment pointed out.

HOWEVER, that’s backed by a real bank account at a real bank Apple chose for the purpose (in the US). Transfers involving credit (paying as credit card or using a credit card to move money in) still hit the standard fee. Other transfers are just normal US debit transfers.

So Apple Pay Cash isn’t bypassing anything, at least in the US. It’s further entrenching them. Don’t know how it works in other countries.

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vel0city 2953 days ago
You can send money through iMessage with Apple Pay Cash. You can even use an Apple Watch or Siri to send person to person cash transfers.

https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT207875

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