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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BMO's new iPad App with integrated access to banking and self-directed investing

The iPad has is recognized as a the best consumer tablet in the market but has also made some serious inroads in the enterprise and banking industry. BMO Financial Group has introduced the BMO Banking & InvestorLine iPad app – the first integrated app from a major Canadian bank that offers customers access to personal banking and self-directed investing services along with a personal finance management tool.
 
"With one streamlined login, customers can easily manage their personal banking and self-directed investing with the added benefit of a personal financial management tool,” said Cesar Rainusso, Vice-President, Digital Channels, BMO Financial Group.

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BMO officially launches native BlackBerry 10 banking app

Today, at long last, BMO has updated their previously OS7-only app to natively support BlackBerry 10. Full of the same features before (checking account balances, paying bills, etc), it's now optimized to support cascades and the proper BB10 experience.

Download it free via BlackBerry World here