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Apple Wants to Bring Apple Pay to All Significant Places in the World

The list of Apple Pay places is growing and Apple has plans to bring this mobile payment service to all significant markets in the world. Millions of customers are happy owners of iOS handsets. They enjoy simple and fast payment options with their smartphone and this is exactly what the Cupertino-based giant makes real.

Right now Apple Pay places are located across the United States, Australia, China, Singapore, the UK and more countries are to join the list pretty soon. The ‘fruit’ company has big plans for 2016 and next years.

How do you imagine Apple Pay in 2016? The iPhone maker is now focused on Europe and Asia. There are many markets here that haven’t seen Apple Pay yet but would love to get this payment service.

For example, there are reports about Apple bringing mobile payment to France, Hong Kong and other places. Modern contactless payment options are extremely popular everywhere. There are several major systems recognized and trusted by millions of customers from across the globe. Apple Pay wants to top this list [the company surely doesn’t say this directly] but it is doing its best to extend to as many places as possible.

As noted by Apple, its payment service gets about one million users per week in China alone. We can only guess how many people are getting the advantage of Apple Pay today.

Apple Expands Its Apple Pay Service to ANZ in Australia

iPhone users who live in Australia and New Zealand can pay for goods with their smartphone via Apple Pay in Australia. This mobile payment system was introduced in this country last fall. Apple was able to bring the system to Australia thanks to American Express support.

The list of Apple Pay Australian banks gets new player. This time the ‘fruit’ company was able to expand its service to ANZ cards. Previously it was only possible to make purchases with the iPhone using your American Express credit or debit card. You can now pay through Apple Pay ANZ Australia.

ANZ stands for Australia and New Zealand Banking Group. In other words, if you have the credit / debit card from ANZ you can use it for your Apple Pay mobile payments. You are no longer limited to American Express only.

According to news, ANZ promises that all ANZ cardholders are eligible for using Apple Pay iPhone system [here is Apple Pay setup instruction]. This includes Business Advantage, Rewards Platinum and Access Advantage cards and surely American Express / Visa from ANZ are also supported.

Apple Pay in Australia is becoming easier and simpler to use since ANS is one of the major bank groups in this country. Still there are other banks the company doesn’t work with yet. They are not supported by iPhone mobile payments but the Cupertino-based company is surely working on further growth. It is also present in the UK, Singapore, China, Canada and the U.S.

Apple Pay Usage Keeps Growing and Growing

The mobile payment was offered by Apple in the fall 2014. The company managed to attract customers to this option. How popular is Apple Pay today? There are figures you should learn in order to answer this question.

Apple Pay usage has truly become popular. The company got 5 times more transactions than a year ago. This is ‘tremendous rate’ and the ‘fruit’ giant announced everything during Q2 2016 earnings call. The company’s CEO Tim Cook mentioned Apple Pay plans and assured that the mobile service gets about one million new users per week. This is huge growth and it seems that the number of Apple Pay subscribers would be even higher in Q3.

Different banks, retails stores and iPhone users can take the advantage of Apple Pay not only in the United States but also outside the country. Apple brought its mobile service to Singapore, China, Canada, the UK and Australia. There are reports about possible soon Apple Pay release in France, Spain, Brazil and Hong Kong.

iPhone users who travel a lot and visit the countries that support the mobile ‘fruit’ service can easily pay with their phone. They just have to be sure that their card is supported in the country they are visiting.

The ‘fruit’ mobile payment system is supported by over one million locations in the U.S. If taking into consideration all other countries the number of stores that accept Apple Pay gets over 10 million.

It’s curious that Apple doesn’t make too much money using Apple Pay. Still this option will be developed further and extended to even more locations in 2016.