Apple Pay expands the number of countries in which it is available

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Since Apple officially introduced Apple Pay in September 2014, little by little, the Cupertino-based company has been expanding the number of countries where your payment service is available. The last country where Apple's wireless payments technology is available is Belarus.

At the moment, the only bank compatible with Apple Pay is BPS-Sberbank and it is compatible with this bank's cards issued by both VISA and Mastercard. BPS-Sberbank is the subsidiary of PJSC Sberbank, a bank of Russian origin based in Moscow and which it is available in 22 countries around the world.

Apple's electronic payments service is available today at 58 countries, as we can see on Apple's website.

European countries where Apple Pay is available:

  • Austria
  • Belgium
  • Belarus
  • Bulgaria
  • Croatia
  • Cyprus
  • Czech Republic
  • Denmark
  • Estonia
  • Islas Feroe
  • Finland
  • France
  • Georgia
  • Germany
  • tracksuit
  • Greenland
  • Guernsey
  • Hungary
  • Iceland
  • Ireland
  • Isle of Man
  • Italy
  • Jersey
  • Latvia
  • Liechtenstein
  • Lithuania
  • Luxembourg
  • Malta
  • Monaco
  • Netherlands
  • Norway
  • Poland
  • Portugal
  • Romania
  • Russia
  • San Marino
  • Slovakia
  • Slovenia
  • Spain
  • Sweden
  • Switzerland
  • Ukraine
  • United Kingdom
  • Vatican City

Asian and Pacific countries where Apple Pay is available

  • Australia
  • Mainland China
  • Hong Kong
  • Japan
  • Kazajstán
  • Macau
  • New Zealand
  • Singapore
  • Taiwán

Brazil, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates, Canada and the United States with the rest of the countries where Apple's wireless payment technology is already available today.

Apple's NFC chip opens up to other payment services

Apple Pay is the only application that allows you to use the NFC chip of both the iPhone, the Apple Watch and the iPad, something that it could change in Germany following a recent change in the law. The European Union's antimopoly regulator is already investigating whether this change can be applied to the rest of the European Union countries.

A change of this type would undoubtedly be appreciated not only by the majority of banks, since they would not have to pay Apple the corresponding commission, but also for bank customers that today are not yet compatible with Apple Pay, because they cannot afford to pay Apple the money it demands for each transaction.


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