International bank ING announced on Thursday that it would soon be offering Apple Pay support in Spain. Unfortunately, given that Apple Pay launched in Spain as of 2016, this failed to wow a number of its customers. In 2016, Banco Santander became the first bank in Spain to support Apple Pay. A large number of […]
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Apple Pay has now expanded in Spain. Customers of the Spanish bank CaixaBank have been informed that the service is already live. CaixaBank is one of Spain’s largest banks, with more than 6,000 branches serving 13.2 million customers. It’s the third company to offer Apple Pay support for its payment cards, after Santander and American […]
U.K. bank Barclays has confirmed that it will launch Apple Pay within the next 45 to 60 days, based on a two-week-old email dated January 12, suggesting the bank will support the iPhone-based mobile payments service by no later than March 28. The launch date was released by Barclays CEO of Personal and Corporate Banking […]
Apple Pay has just hit the “international” category. Apple updated its Apple Pay web site, announcing support for both UK banks HSBC and First Direct. Both banks were announced as starting partners for the UK branch of Apple Pay, but were delayed until late July at the last minute.
As of today, Apple Pay has officially come to the United Kingdom and are available for use in England, Scotland, Wales, and Northern Ireland. Apple Pay works at participating retail stores and within apps that accept it. Because it requires NFC, it is only available for iPhone 6 and 6 Plus users, and Apple Watch […]