January 13, 2015
The payments industry is embracing a range of disruptive payment systems that are changing the way we pay, especially as digital payments becomes mainstream. But the core of the payments systems is something that should not be ignored. A large number of developers are coding away to develop the next generation of payment experiences. All of this is supported by powerful APIs that payments companies have specially designed to enable the creation of digital and futuristic platforms for payments innovation. Here are some companies whose payments APIs are making the waves:
Apple
2014 saw the advent of a secure and convenient way to pay at stores using an iPhone 6 or 6+ with NFC and finger-print Touch ID. Apple Pay is helping users avoid the hassle of carrying a physical wallet and to conduct payments in a secure manner. Apple has provided APIs and SDKs to third party developers to allow them to integrate Apple Pay in their apps. This has seen Apple Pay integrated in a number of payment systems, especially in the case of in-app purchases. More and more banks have been able to integrate Apple Pay thanks to the APIs. This powerful Apple Pay feature will further boost its upcoming international expansion.
Braintree
Braintree’s Partners APIs provides users with an integrated way to start accepting payments using the Braintree payments gateway. The API allows users to sign up seamlessly from within applications and get instant approvals so merchants can easily receive the credentials on a user’s behalf, basically everything required to process a transaction. It becomes easier for merchants if their customers are already Braintree users, in which case users only need to sign in to initiate ...
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