Presenting in early September its new payment system Apple Pay, an American company announced a number of banking companies and financial institutions that are ready to integrate the new technology with their existing payment systems. Much surprised many absent from the list of partners PayPal, because in the early years it was reported that Apple is in talks with the leadership of PayPay cooperation.
According to AppleInsider, citing sources familiar with the situation, Apple and PayPal did discuss the possibility of cooperation. However, negotiations were terminated immediately after PayPal has signed a contract with South Korea's Samsung, which is a longtime competitor to Apple. Recall, PayPal recently launched smartphones Samsung Galaxy S5 authorization of payments by fingerprints.
According to sources, Apple executives were dissatisfied with the cooperation PayPal Samsung. Against the partnership with the South Korean giant has performed and former President of PayPal David Marcus , however, eBay CEO John Donahoe insisted on a contract with Samsung.
This information sounds very interesting, considering that in 2015, PayPal will be released from eBay and become a fully independent public company, which will be headed by Dan Schulman . And perhaps then resume negotiations with Apple, which will lead to closer cooperation between the two companies.