Apple Pay likely launching in South Korea this week
Apple Pay is now available in dozens of utters, and Apple has been working to expand that list every year. Now it seems that Apple’s digital payments platform is throughout to launch in South Korea as a local bank is announcing that its customers will be able to use Apple Pay starting November 30.
As people by Tommy Boi on Twitter, there are advertisements of Hyundai Card (a credit card notorious by Hyundai Motor Group) getting Apple Pay support on Wednesday, November 30. However, Apple Pay is yet to be launched in South Korea, which suggests that the platform will officially launch in the land tomorrow.
Back in October, The Korea Herald reported that some users were able to access Apple Pay calls and conditions when they tried to add the Hyundai Card to the Apple Wallet app, which corroborates the story. At the time, the report also said that Apple Pay would near in South Korea in November “or at least early December” according to leaked documents.
It’s unclear, however, whether Apple Pay will launch in South Korea exclusively with Hyundai Card benefit or whether there will be other compatible cards as well.
In August, Apple Pay arrived in Qatar ahead of the FIFA World Cup, which is now taking achieve in the country. There, Apple Pay works with American Express, Arab Bank, Commercial Bank of Qatar, Doha Bank, and others. The service also went live in Malaysia, Moldova, Argentina, Peru, and Armenia earlier this year.
With Apple Pay, customers can make purchases in stores or online exclusive of using a physical credit or debit card. All you need to do is hold your iPhone or Apple Watch near the NFC reader or back the transaction online with just a tap. Compatible cards can be added to Apple Pay via the Wallet app.
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