In recent months, Apple has faced a number of problems with Australian banks, as many of them they were reluctant to go through the fee hoops required by Apple Pay. But as the years have passed, Apple Pay arrived in this country in 2015, the number of banks has increased.
However, if Apple wanted to reach a greater number of potential customers, the best option was to reach an agreement with the largest bank in the country, an agreement they have finally reached as we can read in the Twitter account of the Commonwealth Banck of Australia, where it has announced the launch of Apple Pay.
This bank announced a few months ago that Apple Pay would be available to all its customers soon without specifying an approximate date at any time. It seems that the negotiations between the two companies were already on the right track, but they have been tougher than both parties had expected.
This bank was one of those that last year wanted boycott Apple's wireless payments technology in the country requesting the government that the Cupertino-based company allow them to access the NFC chip in order to avoid having to go through the Apple Pay ring and thus offer a direct payment system through mobile using NFC technology. , as if they can do in the Android ecosystem.
Fortunately for Apple, the Competition and Consumer Defense Court stated that the banks had no rights to request that Apple open its technology to third parties, a move that Apple said could put all the information stored on the devices at risk.
Currently, Apple Pay is available at: Germany, Australia, Brazil, Belgium, Canada, China, Denmark, Finland, France, Hong Kong, Ireland, Isle of Man, Guirney, Italy, Japan, Jersey, Norway, New Zealand, Russia, Poland, San Marino, Singapore, Spain, Switzerland, Sweden, Taiwan, Ukraine, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom, United States and Vatican City.