Apple Pay
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Developer(s) | Apple Inc. |
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Initial release | October 20, 2014 |
Operating system | iOS 8.1 or later (iOS 10 or later for Apple Pay on the web) (iOS 11.2 or later for Apple Cash) All watchOS versions macOS Sierra or later |
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License | Proprietary |
Website | apple.com/apple-pay/ |
Apple Pay is a mobile payment service by Apple Inc. that allows users to make payments in person, in iOS apps, and on the web. It is supported on these Apple devices: iPhone, Apple Watch, iPad, and Mac. It digitizes and can replace a credit or debit card chip and PIN transaction at a contactless-capable point-of-sale terminal. It does not require Apple Pay-specific contactless payment terminals; it can work with any merchant that accepts contactless payments.[1] It adds two-factor authentication via Touch ID, Face ID, PIN, or passcode. Devices wirelessly communicate with point of sale systems using near field communication (NFC), with an embedded secure element (eSE) to securely store payment data and perform cryptographic functions, and Apple's Touch ID and Face ID for biometric authentication.
Apple Pay can also be used to ride some public transport networks[2] either through the use of credit/debit cards (open loop) (for example across TfL in London, SL in Stockholm, and at OMNY readers across New York City's subway and bus network) or dedicated travel cards such as JR East's Suica, the Chicago Transit Authority's Ventra, the San Francisco Bay Area's Clipper (closed loop) and Hong Kong’s Octopus Card.
Service
Device compatibility
The service is compatible with iPhone 6 and newer, iPad Air 2 and newer, Macs with Touch ID, and Apple Watch Series 1 and later. It can store between 8 and 16 cards (passes such as loyalty cards and tickets do not count against this limit.)[3]
Technology
Apple Pay uses[4] the EMV Payment Tokenisation Specification.[5]
The service keeps customer payment information private from the retailer by replacing the customer's credit or debit card Funding Primary Account Number (FPAN) with a tokenized Device Primary Account Number (DPAN), and creates a "dynamic security code [...] generated for each transaction".[6] The 'dynamic security code' is the cryptogram in an EMV-mode transaction, and the Dynamic Card Verification Value (dCVV) in a magnetic stripe data emulation-mode transaction. Apple added that they would not track usage, which would stay between the customers, the vendors, and the banks. Users can also remotely halt the service on a lost phone via the Find My iPhone service.[6]
To pay at points of sale, users hold their authenticated Apple device to the point of sale system's NFC card reader. iPhone users authenticate by using Touch ID, Face ID,[6][7] or passcode,[7] whereas Apple Watch users authenticate by double-clicking a button on an unlocked device.[8] To pay in supported iOS apps, users choose Apple Pay as their payment method and authenticate with Touch ID or Face ID.[6] Users can add payment cards to the service in any of four ways: through the payment card listed on their iTunes accounts, by taking a photo of the card, being provisioned from within the card issuer's app, or by entering the card information manually.
Although users receive immediate notification of the transaction, the Apple Pay system is not an instant payment instrument, because the fund transfer between counter-parties is not immediate.[9] The settlement time depends on the payment method chosen by the customer. (An exception being payments made using a card which stores the user's balance on the card itself, such as a Japanese Suica card or a Hong Kong Octopus card. These cards can transfer funds directly to the merchant without the need for an online connection.)
In the United Kingdom, traditional contactless payments using bank cards are limited to £100 (previously £45 until 14 October 2021)[10] as no cardholder authentication is provided as part of the transaction. Payments using Apple Pay, however, support payments of any amount owing to the increased security and lower risk of fraud in Apple Pay transactions (although some issuing banks may impose their own transaction limits, and not all contactless readers support this functionality – see CDCVM below).[11] Similar transaction limits apply in other countries.
Apple assumes some liability for fraudulent use of the service.[6] Banks are expected to carry the burden of the service, and Apple is said to have negotiated smaller transaction fees. In turn, the banks hoped to capture purchases that were formerly handled without credit.[12] Financial Times reported that Apple receives 0.15% cut of US purchases made with the service,[13] but, following the UK launch, reported that Apple's cut is much lower in the UK. This is largely because Regulation (EU) 2015/751 capped interchange fees in the European Economic Area at 0.3% for personal credit cards and 0.2% for personal debit cards with effect from June 8, 2015.[14][15] In Russia, Apple receives 0.05% for debit cards and 0.12% for credit cards of each purchase, in addition, the bank pays 45 rubles a year for each card added in the service.[16]
Consumer Device Cardholder Verification Method (CDCVM)
In EMV-mode transactions, Apple Pay supports the use of the Consumer Device Cardholder Verification Method (CDCVM) using Touch ID, Face ID, or the phone's or watch's passcode. The use of CDCVM allows for the device itself to provide verification for the transaction and may not require the cardholder to sign a receipt or enter their PIN. Additionally, in certain markets which have a 'no verification contactless limit' using contactless cards (such as the £100 limit in the United Kingdom and the C$100 limit in Canada and the 300SAR limit in Saudi Arabia), the use of CDCVM can enable merchants to accept transactions higher than these amounts using Apple Pay, providing their terminal software is updated to support the latest network contactless specifications.[17]
Express Transit or Express Travel
Since iOS 12.3, supported credit and debit cards, as well as some stored-value transport cards (such as Shanghai & Beijing transit cards, Octopus Card, Suica, MTA and TriMet) can be used to pay for journeys on certain public transport networks without requiring the user to authenticate the payment with Touch ID or Face ID.[18] Once a supported credit, debit or transit card is selected as a user's Express Transit/Travel card, the user can simply hold their device near the card reader, for example at ticket barriers, to initiate or authorise payment for the journey.
Within iOS, the functionality is labelled as "Express Transit" in North America and "Express Travel" in most other English-speaking countries, because "transit" in most varieties of English has a narrower meaning of travelling through a jurisdiction or airport during a journey as opposed to travel or transport in general.
On iPhone XR, iPhone XS, iPhone XS Max and later, Express Transit/Travel cards can be used up to five hours on Power Reserve after the device has powered off due to a drained battery. The typical low-battery icon will display with "Express Cards Available" text appearing at the bottom of the display, letting users know that Express Transit/Travel is still available for usage.
(Express Mode more generally is also available for contactless student ID cards stored in the Wallet app[19] as well as digital car keys.[20]
A security flaw was reported in September 2021 whereby Visa cards configured for Express Travel/Transit can be charged with unlimited amounts by non-transport merchants without user authentication.[21][22][23]
Global acceptance
About two-thirds of merchants accept Apple Pay, but many terminals don't.[24] Due to provisioning differences between countries (and even between issuers), users may encounter acceptance issues when travelling to a different country. Some known examples include:
- Canada, UK, Saudi Arabia, and possibly other non-US-issued Visa cards only support EMV-mode transactions and not legacy magnetic-stripe data-emulation transactions. Some contactless terminals in the US do not support EMV-mode contactless transactions (even if they support EMV contact transactions), and therefore these visitors to the US will receive a 'Could Not Complete Payment' error on the iPhone screen and an error on the terminal when attempting to use Apple Pay.
Apple Cash
Apple Cash, formerly Apple Pay Cash, is a feature that allows the transfer of money from one user to another via iMessage. When a user receives a payment, the funds are deposited in the recipient's Apple Cash card, where it is available for immediate use at merchants that accept Apple Pay. Prior to April 2022, the Apple Cash Card was provisioned as a Discover Contactless Debit card. Apple Cash Device Account Numbers currently are issued/reissued on the Visa payment network ensuring a larger acceptance for the Apple Cash card at more merchants.
Alternatively, the user can choose to transfer the balance to a nominated bank account via ACH transfer. Apple Cash is only available in the United States.[25][26]
Cost
Apple Pay does not cause additional fees for users and merchants. In Switzerland, for example, participating card issuers pay for the service. In 2020, Swiss banks paid a fixed commission 0.275 CHF (US$0.26) quarterly on every card to Apple. Additionally, they paid 0.12% for credit card transactions, and 0.17% for web or app based transactions. Swiss antitrust authorities require that an acquirer pays maximum 0.44% of the transaction amount to the issuer. The competition commission calls this amount "interchange fee". Apple charges between 27% and 39% of the credit card issuers income earned from the acquirer.[27][28][29][30][31]
History
The service was in preparation for "a long time", as Apple acquired startups, hired executives and filed patents related to payments.[6] Apple partnered with American Express, Mastercard and Visa. Their joint project began in January 2013, though they had discussed Apple's potential involvement for years. Their joint solution was a system where single-use digital tokens would replace the transfer of personal information.[12] A Visa executive said that 750 people at the company worked on the anonymized "token" system for a year, and the other partners had similar teams in collaboration.[32] MasterCard began work on the project in 2013 and hoped that their joint work would become a "standard for mobile payments".[32] The announcement of the service came at a time when MasterCard and Visa policy created strong incentives for upgrading to mobile payment-compatible point of sale systems.[6] Apple then approached several big banks in mid-2013 and did not divulge the names of the other banks. To maintain secrecy, JPMorgan set up a windowless "war room" where the majority of the sensitive work was done. Of their 300 people on the project, about 100 knew that the partner was Apple. Others close to the project did not know it was named "Apple Pay" until the announcement. The company's participation remained a secret leading up to its announcement.[12]
The service was announced at Apple's iPhone 6 event on September 9, 2014. At its announcement, Apple CEO Tim Cook described the magnetic stripe card payment process as broken for its reliance on plastic cards' "outdated and vulnerable magnetic interface", "exposed numbers", and insecure "security codes".[6] The iOS 8.1 software update accompanying the service's launch activated Apple Pay on compatible devices.[6][8][33] The company announced an API for app developers to build Apple Pay checkout into their apps.[6]
The service initially supported US-issued payment cards. An international roll-out was ongoing, beginning with support for UK-issued payment cards in July 2015.[34] On December 17, 2015, Apple announced that it would launch Apple Pay with fifteen major banks in China,[35] and Chinese users could start to use Apple Pay on February 18, 2016.[36]
In October 2015, Apple Pay vice president Jennifer Bailey confirmed that KFC, Chili's, and Starbucks would begin accepting Apple Pay in 2016.[37]
Bank of America is outfitting some of its ATMs with Apple Pay support and the ability to withdraw cash using it. The new Apple Pay enabled ATM is outfitted with the NFC reader and logo that Apple Pay users have become used to seeing since the service launched. The NFC reader is located directly to the left of the card reader, although unlike the card reader, the NFC reader does not light up. Bank of America has launched a new website[38] detailing the simple process of withdrawing cash with a smartphone (Google Pay, Samsung Pay, or Apple Pay). Bank of America says that "Consumer Debit Cards, U.S. Trust Debit Cards, Small Business Debit Cards (owner card only)" are supported.[38][39] Wells Fargo and JPMorgan Chase also integrated Apple Pay support into their ATMs.[40]
On September 7, 2016, Apple announced that iPhone 7 and Apple Watch Series 2 users in Japan can add both local credit cards and FeliCa cards to their Apple Pay wallets. Only Suica cards are supported by Apple Pay, which can be used at subway stations, convenience stores, etc., just like regular Suica cards. Apple Pay also supports payment via all QUICPay and iD enabled terminals that are already popular in Japan.[41][42][43]
On March 25, 2019, Apple Card was announced in partnership with Goldman Sachs and Mastercard.[44]
In June 2020, it was announced that the European Commission (EC) will take two probes against Apple, the one being against Apple Pay. According to EC, "Apple is 'abusing' its control of the wallet through a policy that blocks third-party payment access to its NFC hardware, which enables contactless payments. Apple opposed the claim and cited the COVID-19 pandemic as a result of the increased number of people using contactless paying.[45]
Availability
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Supported countries
Apple Pay can be used with cards issued in 74 countries and territories worldwide.[46] It can also be used in some “unsupported” countries, albeit only with foreign cards.
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Supported payment networks and card schemes
- Visa (worldwide. Japanese Visa cards in Apple Pay also function as FeliCa-based QUICPay or iD cards in addition to EMV contactless cards, although some issuers do not support EMV contactless in Apple Pay, meaning such cards will only function as QUICPay or iD cards.)[50]
- Visa Electron (worldwide)
- V Pay (only in Europe)[51]
- Mastercard (worldwide. Japanese Mastercard cards in Apple Pay also function as FeliCa-based QUICPay or iD cards in addition to EMV contactless cards, although some issuers do not support EMV contactless in Apple Pay, meaning such cards will only function as QUICPay or iD cards.)[52]
- Maestro (worldwide)
- American Express (worldwide. Japanese American Express cards in Apple Pay also function as FeliCa-based QUICPay cards in addition to EMV contactless cards.)[53]
- Discover Card (only in the United States)[54]
- U.S. Debit (only in the U.S. CDCVM may not be supported, requiring the customer to enter their PIN on the terminal.)
- Diners Club International (only in Japan. Only function as FeliCa-based QUICPay cards and do not support the global EMV contactless standard.)
- JCB (worldwide. Japanese JCB cards in Apple Pay also function as FeliCa-based QUICPay or iD cards in addition to EMV contactless cards, although some issuers do not support EMV contactless in Apple Pay, meaning such cards will only function as QUICPay or iD cards.)
- Cartes Bancaires (CB) (only in France) [55]
- Interac (only in Canada) [56]
- EFTPOS (only in Australia)[57]
- China UnionPay (worldwide)[58]
- China T-Union (select cities in China)
- Suica, PASMO, iD, QUICPay, WAON, and nanaco (only in Japan. FeliCa-supported iPhone and Apple Watch models only.)[59][60][61]
- SPTC transit card (only in Shanghai) [62]
- Yikatong (only in Beijing)[63]
- mada (only in Saudi Arabia)[64]
- Clipper (only in San Francisco Bay Area, California, United States)[65]
- Hop Fastpass (only in Portland, Oregon, United States)[66]
- SmarTrip (only in Washington, D.C., United States)[67]
- TAP (only in Los Angeles, California, United States)[68]
- Ventra (only in Chicago, Illinois, United States)[69]
- Elo (only in Brazil)[70]
- Octopus (only in Hong Kong. FeliCa-supported iPhone and Apple Watch models only.)[71]
- girocard (only in Germany)[72]
- Mir (only in Russia,[73] suspended as of March 26, 2022[48])
- Bancontact (only in Belgium)[74]
Supported loyalty programs
These programs are conveyed through NFC via Apple Pay's VAS protocol. Programs that support One Tap are conveyed at the same time as a payment card stored in Apple Wallet. Conversely, Two Tap programs are redeemed in a sequential manner, where a loyalty pass is scanned first, and then payment can be presented.[75]
Country | Retailer | One Tap/Two Tap |
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Australia | Dan Murphy's My Dan's[76] | |
Woolworths' Everyday Rewards[77] | Two Tap | |
France | Carrefour's Carrefour Card[78] | One Tap & Two Tap |
Ireland | Nando's Nando Card[79] | Two Tap |
Japan | d Point [ja][80] | One Tap & Two Tap |
Ponta [ja][81] | One Tap & Two Tap | |
United Kingdom | Nando's Nando Card[82] | Two Tap |
Texaco's Star Rewards | Two Tap | |
United States | CAVA's CAVA Rewards[83] | One Tap |
Coca-Cola's Vending Pass[84] | One Tap | |
Dave & Buster's Power Card[85] | Two Tap | |
Jimmy John's Freaky Fast Rewards[86] | One Tap | |
Maverik's Adventure Club[87] | One Tap | |
Panera Bread's MyPanera[88] | One Tap | |
Quiznos' Toasty Points[89] | One Tap | |
Redbox's Redbox Perks[90] | Two Tap | |
Walgreens' myWalgreens[91] | Two Tap | |
Yogurtland's Real Rewards[92] | One Tap |
Usage within public transport systems
For public transport systems where payment cards can be used, passengers can travel with Apple Pay without authenticating each transaction. Transit cards that support direct provisioning can be issued within the Apple Wallet app itself, without needing to download a separate third-party application. Express Transit/Travel mode is available in the following places:[93]
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Belarus | All stations of Minsk Metro | Payment cards | |
China mainland[94] | All forms of transit and stores that accept Beijing Transit cards | Beijing Transit Card[note 2] | |
All forms of transit that accept Shanghai Transit cards and selected forms of transit that accept China City Union [zh] cards | Shanghai Transit Card[note 2] | ||
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Beijing T-Union Transit Card, Changsha Transit Card, Changzhou Transit Card, Chaozhou Transit Card, Dalian Transit Card, Foshan Transit Card, Guangzhou Transit Card, Heyuan Transit Card, Jiangmen Transit Card, Jieyang Transit Card, Jinan Transit Card, Lhasa Transit Card, Maoming Transit Card, Nanchang Transit Card, Nanjing Transit Card, Ningbo Transit Card, Shanwei Transit Card, Shanghai T-Union Transit Card, Shaoguan Transit Card, Shenzhen Transit Card, Shijiazhuang Transit Card, Suzhou Transit Card, Taizhou Transit Card, Tianjin Transit Card, Xiamen Transit Card, Xi'an Transit Card, Xuzhou Transit Card, Yunfu Transit Card | |
All stations of Beijing Subway and Beijing Suburban Railway | Yitongxing Miaotong Card | ||
Finland | All Föli transit operators | Payment cards | |
Hong Kong | All forms of transit and stores that accept Octopus | ![]() |
Octopus[95] |
Japan | All forms of transit and stores that accept Suica | ![]() |
Suica |
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PASMO[96] | |
Sweden | All Skånetrafiken city buses | Payment cards | |
Serbia | Belgrade city public transport | Payment cards | |
United Kingdom | All Arriva UK Bus transit operators | Payment cards | |
All Brighton & Hove transit operators | Payment cards | ||
All First Bus Group transit operators | Payment cards | ||
All Metrobus transit operators | Payment cards | ||
All Oxford Bus Company transit operators | Payment cards | ||
All stations of Transport for London | Payment cards | ||
United States | All forms of transit that accept Ventra | Ventra[97] | |
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All stations of Metropolitan Transportation Authority | Payment cards | ||
All forms of transit that accept Hop Fastpass | Hop Fastpass, payment cards | ||
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All forms of transit that accept SmarTrip | ![]() |
SmarTrip |
In addition to the above scenarios, Apple Pay can still be used with other non-Express Transit/Travel readers that accept contactless open loop payment cards, but they will have to be verified beforehand.
Supported government identifications
These territories permit their residents to save their government-issued identification credentials in Apple Wallet. Unlike the equivalent physical credentials, mobile government IDs in Apple Wallet operate over NFC, so no barcode is scanned when presenting. Added credentials can also be requested by apps to present virtually.[98] Available for iPhone 8 or later, and Apple Watch Series 4 or later.[99]
Country/Region | State/Territory |
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United States | Arizona[100] |
Maryland[101] |
Supported home & car keys
These home locks & car models can be unlocked via NFC with the iPhone XR, iPhone XS or later, and Apple Watch Series 5 or later. In addition, certain car models that support operation via UWB will require an UWB compatible device, such as the iPhone 11 or later or the Apple Watch Series 6 or later.[102][103]
Supported campus identifications
Reception
Reviews
Journalists noted the multiple previously unsuccessful efforts of other retailers to build mobile payments services,[6][32] including those of PayPal, Walmart, Target,[6] Google Wallet, and Softcard.[32] They noted that previous efforts did not solve customer inconvenience issues, and felt that Apple Pay potentially did.[6] The Verge's Adrianne Jeffries noted that mobile payment market fragmentation was partially due to Apple's refusal to enter the market. BusinessWeek's Joshua Brustein added that Apple has a history of letting "first movers fail" with an early version of the service before releasing "a more polished version of the same idea".[6] The Verge's Dieter Bohn called Apple Pay the "week's most revolutionary product" and the announcement "a classic Apple moment of simplification and integration", and the partnership between payments services and Apple "a rare piece of collaboration and agreement". He predicted that the service's effect on the mobile payments industry would be similar to the iPhone's effect on the smartphone industry.[32] Nathaniel Popper of The New York Times referred to the banks' level of coordination with Apple as "elaborate" and indicative of mutual "preparation and investment".[12] Some analysts added that the service could reduce the standard credit card transaction fees over time since fees traditionally cover credit card fraud. The banks were willing to work with Apple in the face of efforts like Bitcoin and the Merchant Customer Exchange, which seeks to work around the card networks.[12]
Early reviews of the service regarded it as easy to use, but were not sure whether the service would become widely adopted.[104][105] The Verge's Nilay Patel wrote that the product demo was "remarkably smooth" and "a cohesive user experience".[104] Patel said the process took five to ten seconds at a retail card reader and added that it may be less smooth at stores such as Walgreens, where cashiers prompt customers for loyalty cards and charity donations.[104] The New York Times' Neil Irwin wrote that Apple exaggerated the inconvenience of credit cards. Among the plastic card's benefits, he included how others could make purchases on another's behalf and how dead cell phones could leave the owner stranded.[105]
In a 2018 publication released by Consumer Reports, Apple Pay was the leading payment service.[106]
Adoption
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Apple announced that more than one million credit cards had been registered on Apple Pay in the first three days of its availability,[107] making it the largest mobile payment system in the US at the time.[108] There were 220,000 participating vendors when it launched.[109][110] Outside the United States and the United Kingdom, Apple Pay can be used with American and British payment cards at compatible NFC-based payment terminals.[111][112][113]
In the United States, Apple faced opposition by the mobile payments industry, particularly the Merchant Customer Exchange (MCX) which was trialing a competing system known as CurrentC. Several participants of CurrentC, such as Best Buy, Walmart, and Publix had initially stated that they would not accept Apple Pay as a result of exclusivity deals. CVS Pharmacy and Rite-Aid subsequently disabled all NFC payment systems in favor of CurrentC,[12][114][115] although due to the exclusivity period ending in August 2015, Rite Aid has begun accepting it August 15, 2015.[116][117] Best Buy has begun to accept Apple Pay at all stores starting in October 2015.[118]
Target's CEO Brian Cornell said that they would be open to accepting Apple Pay eventually after the conversion to chip and PIN technology is done, but they remain involved with MCX.[119] On January 22, 2019, Target announced the roll-out of Apple Pay support to all of its US stores.[120]
Transport for London, one of Apple Pay's official UK launch partners and one of the largest contactless merchants in the world, became the UK's most used Apple Pay merchant.[121][122][123][124]
As of February 11, 2016, 20% of iPhone 6 users in the United States reported using the service at least once.[125] Apple maintains an up-to-date list of merchants who accept Apple Pay on its website.[126]
On June 2, 2016, according to Fortune, Apple said its mobile payment platform is gaining a million new users each week, yet the company did not reveal the total number of Apple Pay users. Apple also revealed that transaction volume through the service is five times what it was a year ago, and that payment volume within apps more than doubled in the second half of 2015.[127]
With the launch of Apple Pay in China, the service hit three million provisions inside its first three days, while, more generally, it is adding one million new users per week worldwide.[128]
On July 11, 2016 Liquor Control Board of Ontario (LCBO) confirmed that it accepts Apple Pay at all of its over 850 stores in Ontario, Canada. LCBO had been gradually rolling out Apple Pay support since June at its stores, which had NFC-based terminals for contactless payments.[129]
Starting on August 19, 2016, Apple Pay will be available in Chick-fil-A restaurants across the United States, allowing fast food buyers to make their purchases both in-store and at the drive-thru using Apple Pay.[130]
On September 7, 2016, Wayfair announced that they will support Apple Pay online.[131]
On May 22, 2018, TransLink announced support for Apple Pay at all fare gates and on buses.[132]
On July 31, 2018, Tim Cook announced that both CVS and 7-Eleven in the United States will support the service.[133]
On May 31, 2019 New York City Transit announced support for Apple Pay at its OMNY terminals on busses and subways.[134]
On August 21, 2019, and December 23, 2019, Miami Dade Transit announced support for Apple Pay at all fare gates and on buses.[135]
In Feb 2020, Apple Pay accounted for 5% of global card transactions.[136] On April 4, 2020, Publix CEO Todd Jones announced Publix would be supporting Apple Pay immediately to help consumers fight COVID-19.[137]
Notes
- ^ As of March 2022, Apple has disabled Apple Pay for Mastercard and Visa in Russia until further notice due to sanctions imposed by the United States government as part of its response to the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine and due to financial uncertainty in Russia.[47] Mir was later disabled on March 26, 2022.[48]
- ^ a b Existing users only
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External links
Media related to Apple Pay at Wikimedia Commons
- Apple Pay official site