Apple card reported an outage today, and there is no update as to when it will start running again. Apple Card is currently experiencing an outage that may affect the user's ability to make payments, manage their card, and see recent transactions.
4 March 2021, 11:20 am EST By
Samsung announced that it will collaborate with Mastercard in order to develop a biometric scanning payment card that has a built-in fingerprint reader.
Samsung and Mastercard to create fingerprint payment card
The planned technology to be used for the fingerprint payment card is similar to that of Mastercard s biometric payment cards were launched back in 2017.
The biometric payment cards let you authenticate your purchases without you having to touch a keypad, according to Engadget.
As per Samsung s announcement, the new cards will adopt a new security chipset from Samsung s System LSI Business that integrates numerous key discrete chips instead of just using Mastercard s technology for their biometric payment cards.
4 March 2021, 3:00 am EST By Delayed Apple Card Payment Will Not Disable Your Apple ID, Says Company ( Photo by blocks on Unsplash )
Apple confirmed that holding the Apple ID will not affect the missed payments of customers in their Apple Card.
The commotion broke on Mar.2 when Dustin Curtis, a developer and a designer from California posted his story about the payment on his Apple Card. This led to others to fear that their IDs could be held when they miss a payment in their cards.
What Happened to Dustin Curtis
Curtis wrote in his blog that Apple has disabled his Apple ID accounts, as well as the App Store and the iCloud. The blogger added that it all started when he updated some apps in his App Store on his Mac, and he encountered an error.