Although these types of tools do not usually reach our country, in the case of Tap to payDespite, it is now available, and from today we can use it throughout the Spanish territory, with great advantages, especially for small stores, freelancers, etc., that do not have or want to request a datáphone, turning the iPhone into one.
Like any service, you have its advantages And their disadvantages, although the former always predominate, so we are going to see, in a summary way, what has been launched and how we can use it if we really interest us, although it is also something important for all, because it can be a new way of paying, not only to collect.
Tap to pay in Spain: how it works
At the simple explanation level, it does not have much mystery, and that is that from now on, with this service, we can Use an iPhone as a dataphonethat is, select how much we want Through the NFCto be able to collect between different devices, without having a real dataphone, having to pay more commissions, load it, have its own sim or way of taking coverage, etc.
It was announced for the first time in 2022, and has not arrived so far in our country, by the hand of CaixaBank, which will be responsible for processing these payments and giving the service, so if you are autonomous and you have a small store, or charge for your work at home, it will be much easier to do it now, since they can pay you by card, without hiring anything extra.
We have the availability of this tool From the iPhone XS onwardsthat is, those who possess iOS 18 and the NFC and wireless communication necessary for it, so we can even rescue an old phone and use it of dataphone, if we do not want to do it with the staff, or as a second terminal guarantee, in case we run out of battery or we have any problem with this.
In addition, every time you make a purchase with Apple, all information related to the transaction is protected through a Advanced encryption system. This means that the data travel safely and cannot be read by third parties. In addition, Apple ensures that you have no access to the details of what you are buying or your identity as a buyer. This is possible because it does not keep permanently the numbers of your card or any sensitive data on the operation you performed. In other words, your privacy is so protected that not even Apple can know what you have bought or from what to account.
And you, do you think it is necessary? The truth is that, you use it or not, it will serve to execute millions of payments in our country, as soon as people begin to implement, so it will facilitate payments to all, be a seller, or a buyer, even for second -hand apps in which you can charge a product in this way, for example.
