Apple Pay continues to grow, in Spain we continue to wait

Apple Pay, is perhaps the current topic that I least like to comment to our readers, the reason is obvious, because only the Spanish-speaking community that we have in the United States and little else, can enjoy this technology that Apple likes to put us in lips without being able to taste it. Apple's contactless payment system is becoming standard in the United States of America at a dizzying rate, there are already more than a thousand banks and credit institutions that make up Apple Pay, and today another good number have joined, according to the latest information from Apple.

As you know, Apple launched Apple Pay in 2014, almost two years ago, and we still cannot enjoy this payment system anywhere in Europe except the United Kingdom, despite the fact that the vast majority of devices and dataphones, at least in Spain, they are compatible with contactless payments. This is known by many credit companies in Spain, who are taking the opportunity to eat the piece of cake that Apple does not want, many telephone companies such as Orange and Vodafone already have their own NFC stickers, Banks such as BBVA and Imaginbank also have strong NFC payments initiativesMeanwhile, Apple users are forced to use our classic credit cards with NFC, because from Cupertino they do not allow my bank to access the NFC, security reasons allege ...

It is a real shame that we cannot take advantage of the future, Apple wanted to change the way we paid, however, it has not been in the rush that it has had with others, or at least not in the markets that Cupertino considers second, because We remember that Apple Pay in the United States is more than a payment system, is the payment system, leader in all areas of contactless transactions, so the success is evident, I do not think there is anything better than being able to pay with my mobile phone, taking advantage of the TouchID capabilities of my iOS devices, but Apple is it resists reaching an agreement with the Spanish banks, or it is the Spanish banks that are reluctant to reach an agreement with Apple, we do not know.

New additions of United States banks

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Meanwhile, we have to settle for seeing how in the United States of America they already have more than a thousand credit entities adhered to Apple's NFC payment system, to which another good handful have joined today that we are going to mention so that our Spanish-speaking readers residing in the United States, so they will be aware of the New additions.

• Alabama State Employees Credit Union
• American National Bank
• Bank of the South
• Cabrillo Credit Union
• California Credit Union
• Classic Federal Credit Union
• Denali Federal Credit Union
• Dort Federal Credit Union
• First Federal Community Bank
• First Green Bank
• First National Bank of Catlin
• First Oklahoma Federal Credit Union
• First U.S. Bank
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• Gerber Federal Credit Union
• MassMutual Federal Credit Union
• Members Source Credit Union
• Morris County National Bank
• Muna Federal Credit Union
• Rocky Mountain Law Enforcement Federal Credit Union
• Sabine Federal Credit Union
• San Diego Firefighters Federal Credit Union
• Scott Credit Union
• Security National Bank of Omaha
• Sound Credit Union
• Standing stone bank
• UW Credit Union
• View Bank
• Webster Bank
• Workers Credit Union

It is curious how a few months ago the rumors of the arrival of Apple Pay to Spain and France sounded quite strong, however, not only the rumor mill about Apple Pay has ceased, but from the Apple dome they do not make any mention either, as if with the United States, China, Australia and the United Kingdom was more than enough for them, meanwhile, in Europe, we are still waiting, despite Europe has always been a market loyal to Apple in certain countries, not in Spain or Italy, but countries like Switzerland are invaded by devices with the apple. It makes more and more sense that Apple considers us a second-rate market.