According to Ticketmaster's press release, Ticketmaster will begin offering Apple Pay to provide fans the best ticket buying experience. Checkout is simple and can happen with a single touch—there's no need to manually fill out lengthy account forms or repeatedly type in shipping and billing information. Ticketmaster fans will be able to make quick, convenient and secure purchases using Apple Pay with Touch ID, making shopping easier than ever.

Jared Smith, president of Ticketmaster North America stated that "We work hard to deliver simple and secure ways for fans to purchase tickets to the events they love, and offering Apple Pay makes our industry-leading app the most convenient, flexible and secure way to buy."

Apple Pay is easy to set up and users will continue to receive all of the rewards and benefits offered by their credit and debit cards. Apple Pay is available in the Ticketmaster App on the iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus, as well as iPad Air 2 and iPad mini 3.

Earlier today we reported that Florida's Walt Disney World would begin accepting Apple Pay on Christmas Eve. In a second report, we also reported that Apple filed two new "Apple Pay" trademarks supporting "contactless transactions" for "mobile payments" using "authenticating" methods.

On Friday the research group ITG reported strong Apple pay momentum. The report noted that "Apple Pay could pose a major threat to market leader PayPal's current dominance of the Mobile Payment space, according to Steve Weinstein, Senior Internet Analyst at ITG Investment Research.

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