{"id":13011,"date":"2016-10-04T11:28:42","date_gmt":"2016-10-04T11:28:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.biphoo.com\/bipnews\/?p=13011"},"modified":"2016-10-04T11:28:42","modified_gmt":"2016-10-04T11:28:42","slug":"apple-pay-now-available-in-10-countries-following-russia-launch","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.biphoo.com\/bipnews\/technology\/apple-pay-now-available-in-10-countries-following-russia-launch.html","title":{"rendered":"Apple Pay Now Available in 10 Countries Following Russia Launch"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2 class=\"title\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 18pt;\"><strong>Apple Pay Now Available in 10 Countries Following Russia Launch<\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\">Apple Pay Now Available in 10 Countries Following Russia Launch:- Russia joined the Apple Pay club today, becoming the 10th major region to gain access to the mobile payment service (via Reuters).<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\">The introduction of Apple Pay was announced on Apple&#8217;s regional website, where it was revealed that the system would come via Mastercard and through Moscow-based Sberbank.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\">According to Sberbank, Apple Pay can be easily set up in the Sberbank Online mobile application, which will be familiar to all Sberbank cardholders. Users can then use the contactless payment service while continuing to receive all the benefits from using their credit and debit cards.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\">If rollouts in other countries are any indication, additional credit card operators and regional financial institutions are expected to gain access over the coming months.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\">Upon launch of Apple Pay in Russia, participating retailers include ATAK, <\/span>Magnit<span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\">, Media Markt, Auchan, Azbuka Vkusa, bp, M.Video, TsUM and authorized Apple reseller <\/span>re:<span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\">Store. Contactless payments are expected to roll out at Electronics store Eldorado and Burger King in the near future.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\">With the introduction of macOS 12.12, web-based payments have become another feature of Apple Pay. <\/span>However<span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\"> it remains to be seen when Russian apps and online vendors will support this or other in-app methods of online payment.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\">Apple announced its intention to bring the system to Russia during its iPhone 7 event last month, where it also said New Zealand would see Apple Pay come to its shores in the near future.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\">The ten countries Apple Pay is available in <\/span>include<span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\"> the United States, United Kingdom, China, Australia, Canada, Switzerland, Hong Kong, France, and Singapore. Apple Pay vice president Jennifer Bailey has said Apple is &#8220;working rapidly&#8221; to expand the service to additional countries in Asia and Europe.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 8pt;\">Source:-\u00a0http:\/\/www.macrumors.com\/2016\/10\/04\/apple-pay-available-in-10-countries-russia\/<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"fb-background-color\">\n\t\t\t  <div \n\t\t\t  \tclass = \"fb-comments\" \n\t\t\t  \tdata-href = \"https:\/\/www.biphoo.com\/bipnews\/technology\/apple-pay-now-available-in-10-countries-following-russia-launch.html\"\n\t\t\t  \tdata-numposts = \"10\"\n\t\t\t  \tdata-lazy = \"true\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-colorscheme = \"light\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-order-by = \"social\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-mobile=true>\n\t\t\t  <\/div><\/div>\n\t\t  <style>\n\t\t    .fb-background-color {\n\t\t\t\tbackground: #ffffff !important;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t.fb_iframe_widget_fluid_desktop iframe {\n\t\t\t    width: 630px !important;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t  <\/style>\n\t\t  ","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Apple Pay Now Available in 10 Countries Following Russia Launch Apple Pay Now Available in 10 Countries Following Russia Launch:- Russia joined the Apple Pay club today, becoming the 10th major region to gain access to the mobile payment service (via Reuters). 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