“Apple is continuing to extend the reach of its Apple Pay service. According to a report from The Wall Street Journal citing Apple’s tech conference, some Starbucks stores will start accepting Apple Pay service by the end of this year, with the complete rollout of Apple Pay at 7,500 Starbucks stores happening by the end of next year,” Puneet Sikka writes for Market Realist. “This is great news for Apple, which is making efforts to popularize its mobile payment service.”
“Apple has announced that more than 1 million US retail locations, including those of major retailers, have already started accepting Apple Pay,” Sikka writes. “Apple also seems to be getting aggressive about expanding its Apple Pay service in international markets.”
“A few months ago, Apple was reportedly in negotiations with top Canadian banks to implement the Apple Pay service in Canada,” Sikka writes. “More recently, according to Reuters, Apple was said to be in talks with Alibaba and Chinese banks about implementing the Apple Pay service in China.”
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MacDailyNews Take: This is a long process, but, anecdotally, we do see Apple Pay being used in stores more often as of late (along with Apple Watches appearing in public). Both are good news for Apple.
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