Apple brings Tap to Pay on the iPhone to eight new countries and will soon be expanding Apple Pay in ten other countries. You need to know this.
Tap to pay on the iPhone
Apple brings the TAP to Pay function to eight new countries, allowing sellers to use an iPhone as a contactless payment terminal. This function has been available in the Netherlands since August 2023 and is now coming to Belgium. Furthermore, Apple has plans to further expand Apple Pay in ten other countries (including the Netherlands) with the Tap to Provision function.
Tap to pay on the iPhone first appeared in the US for the first time in February 2022. It ensures that iPhones are able to accept payments via Apple Pay, contactless credit and debit cards and other digital wallets. All transactions are encrypted and Apple has no information about what has been purchased or about the person who made the purchase.
These countries are added
No extra hardware or credit card device is needed to use Tap to Pay on the iPhone. The function uses NFC to safely verify contactless payments and also supports PIN input. Apple has now announced that Tap To Pay on iPhone is now available in the following countries and payment platforms:
- Belgium: Adyen, Axepta, Mollie, MyPos, Pay.nl, Revolut, Stripe, Sumup, Viva and Worldline.
- Croatia: Adyen, Viva and Worldline.
- Cyprus: Adyen, Revolut, Sumup, Viva and Worldline.
- Denmark: Adyen, Mollie, Nexi, Revolut, Stripe, Sumup, Surfboard Payments and Viva (PayPal will follow soon).
- Greece: MyPos, Viva and Worldline (NBG Pay will follow soon).
- Iceland: Adyen, Rapyd and Revolut (Teya will follow soon).
- Luxembourg: Adyen, Mollie, Revolut, Stripe, Sumup, Viva and Worldline.
- Malta: Adyen, Global Payments, Revolut, Sumup and Viva.
For Tap To Pay you need an iPhone XS or newer and it works just like any normal Apple pay transaction. Sellers only have to open the app, register the sale and show their iPhone to the buyer. It can then use a suitable contactless payment method. On the Apple website it says a list With countries where Tap To Pay is available on the iPhone.
TAP To Provision
Apple also expands Apple Pay with the TAP to Provision function in these 10 new countries:
- Austria
- Croatia
- Czech Republic
- Hungary
- Italy
- The Netherlands
- San Marino
- Slovenia
- Switzerland
- Vatican City
With Tap to Provision, users can add a payment card to Apple Wallet by simply tapping the card against their iPhone. As a result, it is no longer necessary to add payment cards manually. When this function is actually available in the Netherlands and the other nine countries, it is not yet clear.
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