Apple Pay takes top slot as most popular mobile payments app in the US

Three in ten US smartphone owners now use a mobile payments app to make payments in stores — and Apple Pay is now the most popular with 30.3 million users, according to new research by eMarketer. Starbucks’ mobile app, the previous market leader, is now in second place with 25.2 million users, followed by Google Pay with 12.1 million users and Samsung Pay with 10.8 million. “Total spending via proximity mobile payments will approach $100bn this year in the US,” eMarketer says.