Apple Pay, it is almost painful to transmit the news about Apple's contactless payment system, the one that does not give us the opportunity to test the vast majority of Apple users around the world, as we remember that it is currently only available in United States of America, Canada, United Kingdom, Australia and China. In the meantime, we have to settle for seeing that more and more credit institutions and credit card brands are joining Appl's NFC payment platformand. This time it's Canada's turn, we'll tell you what's new.
Apple has managed to become the most important contactless payment platform in Canada today, since it has finished closing the agreement with the five most important banks in the country, something that no other company has achieved so far. And to put the icing on the cake, we find that Visa, MasterCard and Interac join the party and are compatible with Apple Pay at these four Canadian banks:
- CIBC
- RBC
- ATB
- Canadian Tire Financial Services
With this, we find that In addition, TD Canada Trust, BMO and Scotiabank are added. to support with Apple Pay, however it is only the previous four that provide support for Visa and MasterCard. Meanwhile, in Spain we no longer receive even rumors, nothing has been said for months about the expansion of Apple Pay in Spain and France, so we have almost to give up Apple's payment system for the remainder of the year , if a casual could surprise us with a presentation of the hand of the iPhone 7, two years after its launch, a real shame, especially if we take into account that credit institutions such as ImaginBank (CaixaBank) or even telephone companies, offer their own payment platforms.