With Apple Pay, your real card number never really leaves your device. When you add your card, the bank creates a special replacement number called a Device Account Number (DAN). That DAN is stored securely inside the phone’s Secure Enclave chip, not on Apple’s servers. When you pay, your phone sends this DAN plus a one-time cryptographic code to the merchant. The merchant never sees your real card, and Apple doesn’t process the transaction itself. It’s basically: phone → bank → done. Everything sensitive stays on the device.
With Google Pay, the idea is similar but the path is different. Instead of storing everything only on the device chip, Google often uses cloud tokenization. Your card info is linked to Google’s servers, which generate payment tokens during transactions. When you tap to pay, a token is fetched/created and sent to the merchant, then validated by the bank. So it’s more like: phone → Google server → bank. Still secure, but it relies more on the cloud.
So both systems hide your real card number. Apple leans more toward hardware-based security (on-device chip), while Google leans more toward server/cloud-based token management.
In simple terms:
Apple Pay locks your card inside your phone.
Google Pay locks your card behind Google’s servers.
Either way, the shop never gets your real card details; which is why mobile payments are often safer than swiping your physical card.
🇿🇦R2 MILLION CASH FOUND AT CEO’S HOME
Approximately R2 million in cash, suspected to be proceeds from a cash-in-transit heist, was allegedly discovered at the home of Themba Mathibe, CEO of the Johannesburg Development Agency (JDA).
The funds were reportedly found sealed in South African Reserve Bank (SARB) bags.
Mathibe was released on R50,000 bail following his arrest for money laundering."
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🚨 𝗡𝗘𝗪: The Spanish Technical Committee of Referees have admitted 10 VAR errors across the 51 reviewed La Liga matches.
Atlético Madrid and Barcelona were among the most favored clubs by those VAR decisions. Real Madrid were the most affected negatively.
— @marca
BREAKING - A 92-page report by the California State Auditor has found that over $70 billion in taxpayer funds have been lost, including $2.5 billion in SNAP fraud, $24 billion on fighting homelessness, and $18 billion for a high-speed rail where not a single track has been laid.