I love Apple and all but they'd have to somehow make it easier then Venmo, because it would be pretty hard to convince my non-tech friends AGAIN to move away from something that works so well
Easier than having it automatically installed on your phone, already aware of your contacts and payment details, and able to recognize nearby iphones and offer them as Payee's?
This service will push adoption of apple pay as well as benefit as people start to use it; I predict it'll take off here in exactly the same way that Paypass and similar took off in Australia when they were introduced. Lots of skepticism tied to a huge acceleration in uptake.
I will say that Venmo already is installed, is aware of my contacts, who I pay the most, and my payment details. But I use Apple Pay and I agree that it would be heavily adopted just because it's already there and it's one less "account" people have to worry about.
