Apple Pay donations open to UK charities

Large UK charities can now receive instant donations via Apple Pay, expanding the options for donors of giving easily and securely to charities. Apple Pay makes online shopping in apps and on websites as simple as the touch of a finger with Touch ID. As a result there is no need manually to fill out lengthy forms or repeatedly type in address and billing information. Supporters only need to fill in details once and can continue to make payments with just a click and a thumb authorisation. The first UK charities to offer Donate with Apple Pay are ActionAid UK, Alzheimer's Society, Barnardo’s, British Heart Foundation, British Red Cross, Cancer Research UK, Comic Relief, Concern Worldwide (UK), DEC, Marie Curie, Oxfam, (RED), RNIB, RNLI, RSPB, RSPCA, Scope, Sightsavers, The Royal British Legion, Unicef UK, VSO, WaterAid, and WWF-UK. https://twitter.com/CR_UK/status/839404853646487552   How it works In shops it works with iPhone SE, iPhone 6 and later, and Apple Watch. Online, Apple Pay works with iPhone 6 and later, iPhone SE, iPad Pro, iPad Air 2, and iPad mini 3 and later. You can also use Apple Pay in Safari on any Mac introduced in or after 2012 running macOS Sierra and confirm the payment with iPhone 6 or later or Apple Watch, or with Touch ID on the new MacBook Pro. Alzheimer's Society explains to its supporters how Apple Pay works and how they can set it up on their device. It includes a link to Apple's guide to Apple Pay. Secure payments When you use a credit or debit card with Apple Pay, the actual card numbers are not stored on the device, nor on Apple servers. Instead, a unique Device Account Number is assigned, encrypted and securely stored in the Secure Element on your device. Each transaction is authorised with a one-time unique dynamic security code. Apple and charity donations Apple Pay was extended to US nonprofits in November 2016, just ahead of Giving Tuesday. It was announced that it would be available to for-profit retailers in the UK in July 2015. Until then Apple had maintained a policy of not permitting seamless donations to charities within apps on its App store. Donations were only possible if one left the app to make a text donation or donate by opening a web browser. Nick Hurd MP, then Minister for Civil Society, met Apple staff in 2011 to discuss how this could be overcome. A Care2 petition to Apple's CEO to Support Our Great Nonprofits by opening up donations via iPhone attracted 41,000 signatures, but Apple did not change its policy. Apple has shown other ways of helping charities. For example, for some emergency or disaster appeals it has donated its front page to promote an appeal, such as after the September 11 2001 attacks and the 1994 Boxing Day Tsunami.      

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