Apple Pay expands to France with support for Mastercard and Visa cards
Apple continued an accelerated worldwide rollout of its in-house payments service Apple Pay on Tuesday with a debut in France, the eighth major market to gain compatibility since launch.
As noted by local blog iPhone Addict, Apple announced Apple Pay availability through its regional website early this morning.
In France, Mastercard and Visa credit cards marketed through Banque Populaire, Caisse Epargne, Carrefour Banque and Ticket Restaurant can be provisioned through the service, with upcoming support slated for Boon and Orange. Apple lists 15 major chains as participating retailers, including its own brick-and-mortar stores, with future support promised from Boulanger, Orange and department store Galleries Lafayette.
Todays launch comes less than two weeks after Switzerland gained Apple Pay support earlier this month, and about a month after Apple revealed progress toward a French debut at this year's Worldwide Developers Conference in June.
Since its U.S. introduction in 2014, Apple Pay has expanded to Australia, Canada, China, Singapore, Switzerland and the UK.
In an interview earlier this year, Apple Pay chief Jennifer Bailey said the company is currently focused on an aggressive rollout in Europe and Asia, but the goal is to bring the service to every major market in which Apple products are sold. Hong Kong is expected to be Apple Pay's next launch market.
As noted by local blog iPhone Addict, Apple announced Apple Pay availability through its regional website early this morning.
In France, Mastercard and Visa credit cards marketed through Banque Populaire, Caisse Epargne, Carrefour Banque and Ticket Restaurant can be provisioned through the service, with upcoming support slated for Boon and Orange. Apple lists 15 major chains as participating retailers, including its own brick-and-mortar stores, with future support promised from Boulanger, Orange and department store Galleries Lafayette.
Todays launch comes less than two weeks after Switzerland gained Apple Pay support earlier this month, and about a month after Apple revealed progress toward a French debut at this year's Worldwide Developers Conference in June.
Since its U.S. introduction in 2014, Apple Pay has expanded to Australia, Canada, China, Singapore, Switzerland and the UK.
In an interview earlier this year, Apple Pay chief Jennifer Bailey said the company is currently focused on an aggressive rollout in Europe and Asia, but the goal is to bring the service to every major market in which Apple products are sold. Hong Kong is expected to be Apple Pay's next launch market.
Comments
Go Apple, go go go.
Next stops: Switzerland and Hong Kong.
they're in already!
(FTR I'm not in France, I'm in UK)
I've seen the kit needed to 'sniff' your NFC card details and witnessed someone get the details of a card that was in someones pocket just by standing next to them.
Crowded places are a gift to people with these sniffers. Thankfully they can't get inside the iPhone (yet).
Fraud is apparently the biggest crime today and I don't want to give them any more help that I have to.
I personally don't care as banks these days make good on pretty much all fraud relating to accounts.
When amex and visa sent me new cards with RF antennas I shredded them after requesting cards with chip and no RF. Then I put them and my bank debit card into Apple Pay. I spend a lot of time in Switzerland and have happily used AP for the last 1-1/2 years, last 12 mos on my Apple Watch.
AP is so much quicker and safer than any pure card, QR, or Bluetooth based alternatives.
The he fraud wouldn't ruin your life because of 0-liability but on a convenience scale of things, would you prefer to fly with a carrier that was often late, or one that was always on time?
What is clumsy about such a wallet? It solves the issue for those who think there is one.