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Why is Tap to Pay available only for merchants? (developer.apple.com)

submitted 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) by [email protected] to c/apple_enthusiast

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I’ve always wondered why was it locked only to merchants, anyone knows?

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[–] ethan 54 points 11 months ago

Because as it’s currently designed Apple is not handling any of the actual transactions- those are handled by the Payment Service Provider that the merchant is required to provide to be granted Apple’s permission to use the API.

If Apple opened it up to non-Merchants (who don’t come with their own PSP), then Apple would have to act as the PSP which is a much larger headache that they don’t want to deal with.