Apple Pay Likely To Go Live In UK On July 14; Service To Reach Canada Later This Year

Apple is reportedly planning to introduce its Apple Pay iPhone mobile payments service in the United Kingdom on July 14^th, according to unconfirmed reports.

According to a report on 9 to 5 Mac, Apple has informed some of its company’s retail staff in the UK that Apple Pay will go live on the said date and besides that, internal memos for supermarket Waitrose plus signals the same date.

Apple Pay uses the technology that is similar to the contactless cash cards and Oyster cards, in which, users can swipe their iPhone or Apple Watch on a reader at the shop’s cash counter, reports Yahoo News.

Apple will commence its training program on supporting Apple Pay for its employees based in UK on July 12. Currently, Apple has enabled its mobile point of sale systems in England based stores, where NFC payments are accepted and apart from that the company has been preparing materials to promote the launch of Apple Pay in stores, reports 9 to 5 Mac.

Last month, Apple had announced its plans to expand its Apple Pay payments service internationally. The Apple Pay payment service was launched in the US in October, 2014. The launch of Apple Pay in UK will mark the company’s first expansion of the service outside the US. Though a PIN won’t be needed to use the service but the launch will include a £20 cap per transaction, the UK systems will be updated this fall to process higher values, as per the 9 to 5 Mac report.

Users can use the Apple Pay service through their iPhone 6 or 6 Plus or Apple Watch. Major banks have signed up with the service except for Barclays, which released its own contactless ‘bPay’ wristband last week, reports Yahoo News.

9 to 5 Mac also mentioned that Apple is working towards launching the Apple Pay service in Canada later this year and in future, the service would also reach China and South Korea.

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