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American Express Introduces Apple Pay Support for Corporate Cards in the United States

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American Express today announced that the company is the first to introduce corporate credit card support with Apple Pay. The new addition will let customers pay at locations and within apps that support the contactless payments service with an eligible American Express corporate credit card.

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“Businesses today are going digital, and American Express is at the forefront of digital innovation, helping companies to streamline their payments systems and simplify their processes,” said Greg Keeley, Executive Vice President, Global Corporate Payments, American Express. “We continue to invest and expand digital offerings for our corporate customers in ways that maximize security and enhance the user experience.”

All corporate cards that will work with Apple Pay include: American Express Corporate Green Card; American Express Corporate Gold Card; American Express Corporate Platinum Card; American Express Corporate Centurion Card; American Express/Business Extra Corporate Card; and the American Express Corporate Defined Expense Program Corporate Card. Apple Pay has been expanding ever since its launch last October, with more retailers and financial institutions debuting support for the service as time goes on.

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rdlink Avatar
rdlink
139 months ago
I hope that Discover won't require iOS 9 to support Apple Pay... I like my jailbroken iPhone.
Wow. You put your credit cards on a jailbroken phone? Living on the edge. Do you loosen the brake lines on your car just for fun? ;)
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JeffyTheQuik
139 months ago
Wow. You put your credit cards on a jailbroken phone? Living on the edge. Do you loosen the brake lines on your car just for fun? ;)
My jailbreaking days ended when I put my credit and debit cards on my phone.
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SteveLV702
139 months ago
Now just need to add Serve by American Express
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OldSchoolMacGuy
139 months ago
I hope that Discover won't require iOS 9 to support Apple Pay... I like my jailbroken iPhone.
I'd like it too. Jailbroken phones are vulnerable to exploit of their Apple Pay. :D
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blevins321
139 months ago
Hopefully US Bank Corporate Visa isn't far behind! Not really sure why "Corporate" cards seem to have an extra technical hurdle. It can't really be based on the corporate customers not allowing it, or then they would roll out corporation by corporation rather than card issuer by card issuer.

I do know that corporate cards do somehow flag as being special....when I've used mine at Home Depot and other places, the cashier asks if I want to include a PO Number. Maybe ApplePay has to create a token card number that still flags as a corporate card and allows this data to be passed back to the company.
I'd imagine there was a decent amount of work getting the verification process to work the right way. When you add a personal card to verify, frequently you have to get a text message or email to the account holder's contact information, which for corporate cards would probably just be the AR department.
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John.B
139 months ago
with more retailers and financial institutions debuting support for the service as time goes on.
Objection. Assumes facts not in evidence...
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