You may think that the Apple Pay payment service is available worldwide and with all financial institutions, but no, nothing is further from the truth. There are places where Apple Pay is still not available to users and in the old continent several countries are adding availability in more banks. American Express in the Netherlands, ING in Italy, Santander in Portugal and UBS in Switzerland, would be the new banks included in the list of available. For its part, the Canadian operator Rogers also announces compatibility with Apple Pay for its Mastercard cards.
Apple Pay is still a very secure payment method
We can say that among the usual payment methods in electronic or physical commerce, Apple Pay is among the safest. It is clear that there is no insurmountable payment system but it is totally true that since Apple Pay was implemented in 2014 in the United States, we have seen few security problems. NFC is undoubtedly one of the best methods to pay for our purchases And with Apple Pay it's really easy.
Adding our credit or debit card to the Apple Pay service is fast, easy and safe. It is true that in our country (Spain) the number of dataphones is high and few businesses do not have this contactless payment system available, in addition with the COVID-19 crisis the increase of this payment system or similar contactless systems has been really considerable. In my case, I have been using this payment method since it came into my hands -thanks to the fact that I was already a Santander customer- and I am really satisfied with the service.