“On Friday, Apple added another 32 US financial institutions on its Apple Pay partner site who are now supporting the company’s mobile payments technology, bringing the total in the United States up to an even 1,000 (not including two ‘loyalty card’ issuers, BJ’s Wholesale and Kohl’s),” MacNN reports. “The news comes following reports that Apple Pay is now accepted at over two million terminals worldwide and further reports that a number of name-brand chains is set to expand significantly across 2016.”
“The US-based issuer American Express has also implemented support for branded Amex bank cards to work with Apple Pay in countries outside the US, currently including Canada and Australia, with other countries such as Spain,” MacNN reports. “In addition, Apple has worked with UnionPay in China to bring Apple Pay support to that region, and of course Apple has also made Apple Pay available in the UK with all the major banks (with Barclay’s bringing up the rear).”
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MacDailyNews Take: Milestone!
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Apple partners with UnionPay to launch Apple Pay in China – December 17, 2015
That’s no longer the relevant number. What’s more important is the percentage of retailers who accept Apple Pay.
But retailers don’t need to “accept” Apple Pay. They just need to turn on the NFC functionality on their credit card terminals. I’ve been to more than one business that doesn’t have any sign that they take Apple Pay, but I can still pay with my phone. The cashiers are often dumbfounded when I do it.
——RM
Yeah, retailers suck. I’ve only been to 3 that accept it. This needs to improve. It is discouraging.