Apple's payment service was introduced in the USA in October 2014. Now Apple Pay is finally coming to Germany.
Now reports iFun.de Apple Pay will launch in Germany this week. The relevant information is said to have been leaked to the site. According to this, all trading partners and participating banks are ready for the launch - except for Apple itself. According to the report, Apple Stores in this country will have to update their payment terminals - this should happen this week.
Apple's banking partners include Deutsche Bank, Hypo Vereinsbank, Hanseatic Bank, Fidor, Comdirect, O2 Banking, N26, bunq, boon, Vimpay and Edenred. Visa, MasterCard + Maestro and American Express are also involved.
With Apple Pay, iPhone and Apple Watch can replace debit or credit cards. Simply holding the device up to the terminal initiates the payment process.
