Report: Apple Pay arriving in France this year, but with a slow-burn roll-out over 3-5 months<div class="feat-image">
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<p>French site
<a href="http://m.lesechos.fr/redirect_article.php?id=021725149064&fw=1" target="_blank">LesEchos[/url] (via
<a href="http://www.iphon.fr/post/lancement-apple-pay-france-quelques-mois-845335" target="_blank">iPhon.fr[/url]) is reporting that <a href="
http://9to5mac.com/tag/apple-pay/" target="_blank">Apple Pay[/url] will be launching in France by the end of the year, but with a gradual rollout starting with a handful of major banks. It is expected to take 3-5 months between initial launch and the service being widely available in the country, with a pilot launch possibly in place by September.</p>
<p>Negotiations with banks are said to be proceeding slowly, with Apple’s cut of the transaction fee the main stumbling block. On a typical transaction, the banks would receive only 9 cents, and the standard Apple Pay deal applied in the U.S. would see Apple receiving 5 cents of this.</p>
<p>There is, however, hope that the issue can be resolved …</p>
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http://9to5mac.com/2016/02/26/apple-pay-france-launch-date/#more-420779" class="more-link">(more…)[/url]</p>
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