Apple Pay expands to Canada with support from major banks this June

Apple's SVP for Apple Pay Jennifer Bailey demos the features of Apple Pay which is coming to Canada this JuneBy Gadjo Cardenas Sevilla

Apple Pay is available to all active Interac debit cards issued by CIBC and RBC. Your debit card does not have to be an Interac Flash enabled card. In stores, Apple Pay works with iPhone SE, iPhone 6s, iPhone 6s Plus, iPhone 6, iPhone 6 Plus and Apple Watch. You will first need to add your debit card to the Apple Wallet to make mobile transactions.

Interac can be used with Apple Pay to buy goods and services across Canada in the hundreds of thousands of Canadian stores wherever contactless payments 

Apple Pay, which securely uses iPhone and Apple Watch to enable contact less payments, has been in Canada for some time now but limited to customers of American Express credit cards. That is all changing shortly as major banks and other credit card companies have been announced as partners and are looking to offer the functionality to their iPhone and Apple Watch-toting users. 

Apple has confirmed that Apple Pay will be coming to CIBC (credit and debit), ATB (credit, debit coming later), Canadian Tire Financial Services (credit), RBC (credit and debit) and of course American Express has enjoyed the first-mover advantage since late last year. 

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Apple Pay rumoured to be coming to Web and possibly desktop

Reports claim Apple has plans to bring Apple Pay to the Web. Sources claim Apple is discussing bring the service to the Web with potential partners. But it could be limited to Safari on the newer iPhones that have Touch ID. At the moment, the technology is limited to native iOS apps. The tech giant is said to be gearing up for the upcoming holiday season.

There have also supposedly been in talk of bringing the service to the desktop but no one has mentioned how that will work yet. The Next Web speculates that Apple could release the API of the Handoff feature and just continue the checkout process on a mobile device. Or new MacBooks could come equipped with Touch ID, too. If this will ever come into fruition, we might hear more about it at WWDC happening in the coming months.

Source: The Next Web

27 more banks in the US to partner with Apple Pay

Apple's mobile payments platform for the iPhone 6 and the Apple Watch is making progress towards ubiquity, at least in the US. 27 more banks have signed up with the service and will be offering their customers the option to make payments on their devices. Hit jump for a list of new Apple Pay partners.

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Apple brings Apple Pay to China

It’s official. Apple has brought Apple Pay to China. Chinese iOS users can now use Apple Pay to, well, pay for apps and goods using this service, as long as they are using China UnionPay credit and debit cards. Last year, Apple partnered with China UnionPay to help bring the service to the country. By using Apple Pay, Chinese users can start buying goods and services within the app without having to enter payment or contact information. China now joins Canada, the US, the UK, and Australia as countries that support the service.

Source: Apple | Via: 9to5Mac