You can now ask Siri to send or request money with PayPal following the app being updated with SiriKit support in iOS 10. Here’s how it works.

Customers can now buy products online from the Apple Store using PayPal. Previously available as a payment option for purchases made through the App Store and iTunes, PayPal could only be used for buying digital goods, but this seems to have changed now.

With WWDC rolling along quite nicely, there’s been a lot of talk about how developers would use some of the newly announced tools that were announced during the big opening keynote. One of those announcements was that Apple was going to open Touch ID for use by third-party developers in iOS 8, and that immediately got people thinking.

PayPal is used by millions as a convenient way to send money around the world. The eBay-owned company is seen as the de facto payment method for transactions through the Web’s favorite auction site, but in recent times, we’ve seen a marked effort from PayPal to expand its range of services. As a part of this movement, PayPal has today launched its very own digital gift store, and although it plans to work with many companies and merchants in the future, the launch of the service sees Apple as its main partner.

PayPal is a great service itself and is remarkable to use, but their mobile apps for both iOS and Android, unfortunately aren’t – or maybe wasn’t, taking into account version 5.0 that has been rolled out today for both the smartphone platforms. The new and improved app brings much needed changes to the online payment portal on your phone or tablet, and we’ll be taking a look at the new offerings right after the break.

Quite a bit of attention has been paid to the Windows Phone platform over the last few days. First, we had Samsung using their time at the IFA trade show in Berlin to introduce us to the Windows Phone 8 powered ATIV S smartphone, which both Samsung and Microsoft will be hoping to be a commercial success. Additionally, we have also seen a joint collaboration between Nokia and Microsoft, in which we witnessed the unveiling of the Lumia 820 and 920 devices that will feature Windows Phone 8 and bring a number of notable benefits to users.

The well-known hacking group Anonymous has issued yet another statement regarding the recent arrests by the FBI and PayPal’s decision to block donations to WikiLeaks. In response, Anonymous is urging the service’s users to close their accounts.

Last week, we informed you that an update to PayPal app on iPhone would soon allow you to capture (front and back side) photographs of your check to deposit it instantly. That update has been released today!

Everything is getting smarter these days. Today, PayPal – the e-commerce business allowing payments and money transfers to be made through the Internet – announced that they will soon start accepting check deposits with iPhone.