Yes, apple pay, I think, occupies a similar place to paypal I have run a business that recieved payments through paypal; I have not run a business that recie

Yes, apple pay, I think, occupies a similar place to paypal I have run a business that recieved payments through paypal; I have not run a business that recieved payments through apple pay, but my impression is that they both do the same thing... they let a business accept payments without knowing the user's credit card number, which would be essential to businesses if there was significant liability associated with credit card breaches.