As planned, Apple's electronic payments service, Apple Pay is now available in IsraelAdding up the large number of countries that currently offer support for this technology among their users and that should not be confused with contactless payments, payments that have been found in many countries for many years and that are not related to Apple Pay.
According to The Verifier, since May 5, all customers who have an iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch or Mac already they can add compatible credit cards in the Wallet app but, although most banks are compatible, users will have to check if the card issuer is.
From the Apple website, they invite all users to check if the card issuer is compatible with Apple Pay and if not or if they do not find information about it, they are invited to try to enter your card details. Hopefully your card will be compatible and they can start using their iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch or Mac to make payments for everyday purchases.
Israel is one of the few countries that has seen a notable expansion of the most modern payment systems to be compatible with the EMV and NFC transactions. As of 31 of. July, most businesses will have to use EMV terminals, payment terminals that are compatible with platforms such as Apple Pay, Google Pay, Samsung Pay ...
The first news related to the launch of Apple Pay in Israel dates from last November, in which the imminent launch in the country was announced. However, it seems that the reason for the delay in the launch was due to the update of payment terminals from most merchants to not only be compatible with Apple Pay but also with EMV transactions.