Apple Pay goes international with UK launch<article>
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<p>Apple is finally taking its mobile payment service worldwide, starting with the British rollout of
Apple Pay on Tuesday.</p><p>Apple
announced its UK expansion plans at June’s Worldwide Developers Conference. Seven financial institutions are supporting Apple Pay at launch, including American Express, MBNA, Nationwide, Santander, Royal Bank of Scotland, NatWest, and Ulster Bank. Notable holdouts include Barclays and, surprisingly, HSBC. HSBC was expected to be one of Apple Pay’s launch partners, but the bank announced that it won’t support the service until the end of July. Barclays has its own contactless payment service, bPay, but reversed its opposition to Apple Pay on Tuesday with a supportive tweet.</p><p class="jumpTag"><a href="/article/2947687/ios/apple-pay-goes-international-with-uk-launch.html#jump">To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here[/url]</p></section></article>
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Apple Pay goes international with UK launch
