El 18 February Apple Pay officially landed on China through UnionPay, and according to the bank it has been a success. We are a few days away from March and the Mercantile Bank of China reports that the first two days that Apple Pay was already available, about 3 million credit cards were activated with the mobile payment option. For the head of Apple Pay Jennifer Bailey, she said that it is a great victory, and confessed to 'Internet Retailer', "I would give this performance on its first day as 1,000%, if the total score is 100%" .
The report indicates that Starbucks, McDonalds, a chain of convenience stores called FamilyMart, as well as Dianping and Meituan were the biggest beneficiaries of the wide adoption of Apple Pay.
The activation figures come through China Merchants Bank, one of the largest financial institutions in the country. His clients were responsible for approximately 1 million activations. Jennifer Bailey told the Chinese press that the biggest beneficiaries of Apple's launch of the payment method were competitors of Groupon Meituan and Dianping, Starbucks, the FamilyMart convenience store chain and McDonald. Users of this form of payment in China paid just over $ 15 each during the launch period. In total, about 20 banks that represent the 80 percent UnionPay cards issued in China are on board with Apple Pay.
