[2016-09-12] Bitcoin trading app Circle to be Integrated into Apple iMessage

[smartgerman]

Bitcoin trading app Circle to be Integrated into Apple iMessage
An important component of the newly released iOS 10 includes a developer-friendly ecosystem in iMessage, which enables the integration of payment applications like Circle.
http://www.coinfox.info/news/6400-bitcoin-trading-app-circle-to-be-integrated-into-apple-imessage

[virtualx]

Bitcoin trading app Circle to be Integrated into Apple iMessage
An important component of the newly released iOS 10 includes a developer-friendly ecosystem in iMessage, which enables the integration of payment applications like Circle.
http://www.coinfox.info/news/6400-bitcoin-trading-app-circle-to-be-integrated-into-apple-imessage

This could make their business scale quite a bit. There are much more iMessage users than Circle users, they could leverage this to get more users.

[aigeezer]

Concluding line of the piece: "The reasons for Apple’s integration of a rival payment application into iMessage remain unclear."

Indeed! I'll stay away from both until things are less unclear - may be a while.