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Apple's digital wallet app for iPhone and Apple Watch, storing payment cards, tickets, IDs, and loyalty, membership, and gift cards.
Green Dot Bank will require identity verification for every Apple Cash reload from November 9, a check that until now applied only past $500 in total activity. The change reaches occasional users who never crossed that line and have never been asked for ID.
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Apple's Pass Designer beta builds Wallet passes from fields and color choices for teams on macOS 27 with an Apple Developer account. Teams without both still write the pass.json by hand or pay for a third-party tool.
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Apple shipped iOS 27 this week and MacRumors counts 50 new features in what it calls a refinement year. Five of the seven features it details use Apple Intelligence, and the Wallet pass redesign is the one asking developers for work.
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The new Recurring hub shows dated, priced charges before they land, and a Booking.com deal hands every cardholder borrowed hotel status, both arriving while the card's move from Goldman Sachs to Chase is still roughly 17 months out.
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The public beta shows Apple taking over tab grouping, natural-language capture and loyalty cards. At least two of those are probably line items on your roadmap.
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