Merchants Can Now Use USDC on Apple Pay

According to USD Coin Issuer Circle, Apple has officially permitted and enabled crypto payments that will use stablecoin on its payment platform.

Merchants who take USDC may now do so with the aid of Apple Pay. For retailers who are willing to use Circle’s USDC stablecoin, it will soon be feasible to interact with Apple Pay. Circle said in a statement:

“NFT marketplaces, crypto gaming, crypto exchanges, crypto wallets and cross-border remittance providers can help their business grow by making checkout easy with Apple Pay and Circle. The addition will help crypto-native businesses by making it easier to take payments, while not excluding customers that don’t use crypto. In addition, traditional businesses can also take advantage of this enhancement to shift more retail payments to digital currency.”

This approach aims to promote inclusion for crypto-native firms as well as clients who cannot utilize bitcoin.

“Apple Pay is also a safer and faster way to pay using the Safari browser and in apps because customers will no longer have to create an account or fill out lengthy forms,” Abhishek Sandhir, Circle Director of Product, added:

Circle had previously enabled Polygon USDC functionality on its own payment platform.